Effects on the surrounding population of postulated major accidents at the AAEC Research Establishment
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Date
1972-11
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract
The consequences of accidents in specific facilities at the Research Establishment are examined in terms of possible exposure of persons living around Lucas Heights to release airborne radioactive and toxic materials. In the case of radioactive materials both individual and population doses are estimated the latter over a range of meteorological conditions. Using currently available data on the risk of development of adverse effects in irradiated populations further estimates are made of the possible number of cases of such effects in the local population.
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Radiation accidents, Reactor accidents, Populations, Radioactive materials, AAEC
Citation
Button, J. C. E., Carruthers, E., Cook, J. E., Crancher, D. W., & Davy, D. R. (1972). Effects on the surrounding population of postulated major accidents at the AAEC Research Establishment (AAEC/E242). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.