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RESRAD-OFFSITE – A new member of the RESRAD family of codes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2009

J. Barescut ,
C. Yu ,
E. Gnanapragasam ,
B. Biwer ,
J.-J. Cheng ,
S. Kamboj ,
T. Klett ,
A. Zielen ,
W. A. Williams  and
S. Domotor
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C. Yu
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
E. Gnanapragasam
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
B. Biwer
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
J.-J. Cheng
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
S. Kamboj
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
T. Klett
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
A. Zielen
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 900, 9700 South Cass Avenue, IL 60439 Argonne, USA
W. A. Williams
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA
S. Domotor
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA
A. Wallo
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA
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Abstract

The RESRAD-OFFSITE code provides expanded state-of-the art, cost-effective, and user-friendly methods for evaluating the radiological consequences to a receptor located onsite or outside the area of primary contamination. It calculates radiological dose and excess lifetime cancer risk with the predicted radionuclide concentrations in the environment, and derives soil cleanup guidelines corresponding to a specified dose limit. The RESRAD-OFFSITE code is an extension of the RESRAD (onsite) code, which has been widely used for calculating doses and risks from exposure to radioactively contaminated soils. The development of RESRAD-OFFSITE started more than 10 years ago, but new models and methodologies have been developed, tested, and incorporated since then. Some of the new models have been benchmarked against other independently developed (international) models. The databases used have also expanded to include all the radionuclides (more than 830) contained in the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) 38 database. Detailed information on the design and application of the RESRAD-OFFSITE code is presented in its recently published User's Manual.

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Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 44 , Issue 5: ECORAD 2008 - Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity , 2009 , pp. 659 - 664
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© EDP Sciences, 2009

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