Citation

Andersson KG, Mikkelsen T, Astrup P, Thykier-Nielsen S, Jacobsen LH, Schou-Jensen L, Hoe SC, Nielsen SP. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 2008; 131(3): 297-307.

Affiliation

Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, PO Box 49, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/rpd/ncn173

PMID

18550515

Abstract

In recent years, the concern for protection of urban populations against terror attacks involving radiological, biological or chemical substances has attracted increasing attention. It sets new demands to decision support and consequence assessment tools, where the focus has traditionally been on accidental exposure. The aim of the present study was to illustrate issues that need to be considered in evaluating the radiological consequences of a 'dirty bomb' explosion. This is done through a worked example of simplified calculations of relative dose contributions for a specific 'dirty bomb' scenario leading to atmospheric dispersion of (90)Sr contamination over a city area. Also, the requirements of atmospheric dispersion models for such scenarios are discussed.

Language: en