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Box Model of Radionuclide Dispersion and Radiation Risk Estimation for Population in Case of Radioactivity Release from Nuclear Submarine #601 Dumped in the Kara Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

E. I. Yefimov
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk 249020, RussiaPhone: (084) 399–8703, Fax: (095) 230–2326, E-mail: yefimov@ippe.rssi.ru
D. V. Pankratov
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk 249020, RussiaPhone: (084) 399–8703, Fax: (095) 230–2326, E-mail: yefimov@ippe.rssi.ru
S. V. Ignatiev
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk 249020, RussiaPhone: (084) 399–8703, Fax: (095) 230–2326, E-mail: yefimov@ippe.rssi.ru
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Abstract

A relatively simple model is suggested for radionuclide dispersion and assessment of additional population dose and radiation risk for radionuclide release from the nuclear submanne (NS) #601 with Pb-Bi coolant that was dumped in the Kara Sea.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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