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Calculating the consequences of recovery, a European model for inhabited areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2009

J. Barescut ,
T. W. Charnock ,
J. A. Jones ,
L. N. Singer ,
K. G. Andersson ,
J. Roed ,
Thykier-Nielsen ,
T. Mikkelsen ,
P. Astrup  and
J. C. Kaiser
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T. W. Charnock
Affiliation:
Health Protection Agency, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, OX11 0RQ Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
J. A. Jones
Affiliation:
Health Protection Agency, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, OX11 0RQ Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
L. N. Singer
Affiliation:
Health Protection Agency, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, OX11 0RQ Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
K. G. Andersson
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
J. Roed
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Thykier-Nielsen
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
T. Mikkelsen
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
P. Astrup
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
J. C. Kaiser
Affiliation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Muenchen, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
H. Müller
Affiliation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Muenchen, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
G. Pröhl
Affiliation:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Muenchen, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
W. Raskob
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, IKET, Bau 433, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
S. C. Hoe
Affiliation:
DEMA – Danish Emergency Management Agency, Datavej 16, 3460 Birkerød, Denmark
L. H. Jacobsen
Affiliation:
PDC – Prolog Development Center, H.J. Holst Vej 3C – 5C, 2605 Brøndby, Denmark
L. Schou-Jensen
Affiliation:
PDC – Prolog Development Center, H.J. Holst Vej 3C – 5C, 2605 Brøndby, Denmark
F. Gering
Affiliation:
Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz - SW 3.2, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
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Abstract

The European Model for Inhabited Areas (ERMIN) was developed to allow a user to explore different recovery options following the contamination of an urban environment with radioactive material and to refine an appropriate strategy for the whole region affected. The input data include a description of the environment, initial deposition of radionuclides on to a reference surface and a description of countermeasures. Output information includes the average doses to members of the public from external exposure to gamma and beta radiation from deposited radionuclides and inhalation of resuspended radioactivity, the contamination on urban surfaces, the activity concentration in air from resuspension, the doses to workers undertaking the recovery work, the quantity and activity of waste generated and the cost and work required to implement the countermeasure. ERMIN has been designed to be implemented as a tool that supports the approach of decision-makers and allows the area to be broken down into smaller regions where different conditions prevail and different countermeasure packages are enacted.

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Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 44 , Issue 5: ECORAD 2008 - Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity , 2009 , pp. 407 - 412
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© EDP Sciences, 2009

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