TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Numerical Techniques for Speeding up the Calculation of the Life Extension Brought About by Removing a Prolonged Radiation Exposure
JO  - Process safety and environmental protection
A1  - Jones, R.D.
A1  - Thomas, P.J.
A1  - Stupples, D.W.
SP  - 269
EP  - 276
VL  - 85
IS  - 4
N2  - The judgement- or J-value, which enables the worth of any health or safety scheme to be measured on a common, objective scale, may be applied to a scheme to reduce or eliminate a prolonged radiation exposure provided the life extension achieved can be calculated. The calculation is necessarily complex because of the long and stochastic incubation periods associated with radiation-induced cancers. However, numerical techniques are presented here that speed up the calculation of the improved life expectancy by a factor of about one hundred. The J-value assessment of new safety systems on nuclear plant is thus made much quicker and easier.<p /> 
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SN  - 0957-5820
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/psep06047
ID  - ref1
ER  -