Mesorad dose assessment model. Volume 1. Technical basis [electronic resource].

Published:: Richland, Wash. : Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 1986.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Additional Creators:: Pacific Northwest Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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MESORAD is a dose assessment model for emergency response applications. Using release data for as many as 50 radionuclides, the model calculates: (1) external doses resulting from exposure to radiation emitted by radionuclides contained in elevated or deposited material; (2) internal dose commitment resulting from inhalation; and (3) total whole-body doses. External doses from airborne material are calculated using semi-infinite and finite cloud approximations. At each stage in model execution, the appropriate approximation is selected after considering the cloud dimensions. Atmospheric processes are represented in MESORAD by a combination of Lagrangian puff and Gaussian plume dispersion models, a source depletion (deposition velocity) dry deposition model, and a wet deposition model using washout coefficients based on precipitation rates.

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E 1.99:nureg/cr-4000-vol.1
E 1.99: pnl-5219-vol.1
pnl-5219-vol.1
nureg/cr-4000-vol.1

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Published through SciTech Connect.
03/01/1986.
"nureg/cr-4000-vol.1"
" pnl-5219-vol.1"
"TI86009631"
Bander, T.J.; Scherpelz, R.I.; Ramsdell, J.V.; Athey, G.F.

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AC06-76RL01830

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