The relative importance of radioecological parameters in tropical and subtropical regions - the use of a radiological consequence model to focus research
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1997-10-16
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Institute for Environmental Sciences, Japan
Abstract
The scientific understanding of radioecological parameters within tropical and subtropical regions is relatively poor and many parameters are either unknown or have very large
uncertainties. A research program has been initiated to investigate these data deficiencies and commence targeted research into the parameters with the most significant effect on the
radiological consequences following releases of radioactivity for critical groups in the South East Asian region. A computer based model has been developed to assess the radiological
consequences and to determine the most significant parameters for the region. The radiological consequence model includes a user-friendly graphical interface and is designed to investigate the dose effects of various scenarios, radioecological parameters, pathways and critical groups. The ability to perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis on the data will allow the most significant radioecological parameters to be determined. Initially, the model
will deal with the South East Asian region but flexibility has been incorporated into the design to allow application in other regions. The importance of local foodstuffs, soil conditions, climatic considerations, agricultural practices and critical group diets has been emphasised by this preliminary work. Variations in both critical radionuclides and pathways are important when tropical and subtropical transfer parameters, diets and lifestyles are considered.
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Physical copy held by ANSTO Library at DDC: 577.277/43.
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Tropical Regions, Radionuclide metrology, Soils, Diet, Data analysis, Data, Environment, Radionuclide migration, Atmospheric circulation, Research programs, ANSTO, Australian organizations, IAEA
Citation
Harris, F., Domel, R., & Crawford. J. (1997). The relative importance of radioecological parameters in tropical and subtropical regions - the use of a radiological consequence model to focus research. Paper presented to the International Meeting on Influence of Climatic Characteristics upon Behavior of Radioactive Elements. Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan, October 14-16, 1997, (pp. 106-113). In Ohmomo, Y., & Sakurai, N., (1997). Proceedings of International Meeting on Influence of Climatic Characteristics upon Behavior of Radioactive Elements : Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan, October 14-16, 1997. Japan : Institute for Environmental Sciences