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On the requirements to establish a European radiological preparedness for malicious airborne dispersion scenarios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2012

J. Barescut ,
D. Lariviere ,
T. Stocki ,
K.G. Andersson ,
P. Astrup ,
P. Roos ,
T. Mikkelsen ,
S.C. Hoe ,
L.H. Jacobsen  and
L. Schou-Jensen
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K.G. Andersson
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
P. Astrup
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
P. Roos
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
T. Mikkelsen
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
S.C. Hoe
Affiliation:
Danish Emergency Management Agency, Datavej 16, DK-3460 Birkerød, Denmark
L.H. Jacobsen
Affiliation:
Prolog Development Center, HJ Holst Vej 3C-5C, DK-2605 Brøndby, Denmark
L. Schou-Jensen
Affiliation:
Prolog Development Center, HJ Holst Vej 3C-5C, DK-2605 Brøndby, Denmark
J. Pehrsson
Affiliation:
Prolog Development Center, HJ Holst Vej 3C-5C, DK-2605 Brøndby, Denmark
S.P. Nielsen
Affiliation:
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Abstract

European computerised decision support systems are currently targeted for large accidental atmospheric contaminant releases from nuclear installations. To make these systems applicable also for malicious dispersion events, such as ‘dirty bomb’ blasts, a series of modifications and extensions are necessary. Also European decision support handbooks need supplementary sections to cover the features of these types of scenarios. An overview is given of the requirements.

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Radioprotection , Volume 46 , Issue 6: ICRER 2011 – International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity: Environment & Nuclear Renaissance , 2011 , pp. S589 - S594
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© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011

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