Global Nuclear Safety
National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI"
online version: ISSN 2499-9733
print version: ISSN 2305-414Х
2018-3(28)
Nuclear, radiation and environmental safety
| Article Name | Applications of Monte Carlo Simulation for Analyzing γ-Radiation Characteristics of Radioactive Cloud Radiation in NPP Emissions |
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| Authors | A.I. Ksenofontov (1), A.P. Elokhin (2), E.A. Alalem (3) |
| Address | National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI», |
| Abstract | Monte Carlo method is applied to assess the radiological risks to the environment. Determining the dose rates due to external radiation generated by radioactive inert gases when they are released from a nuclear power plant is discussed. The paper considers the estimation of volumetric concentrations of the released radioactive inert gases, and other characteristics associated with the use of gamma detectors of the automated radiation monitoring systems of the environment and unmanned aircraft radiometric system. In order to assure the reliability and the accuracy of the calculation by the Monte Carlo method for predicting the dose rates, the results are compared by this method with similar characteristics obtained by the integral method, which showed satisfactory agreement. |
| Keywords | radiation accident, dose rate of external radiation, ionizing radiation, radioactive dispersion, Monte Carlo method, integral method, radiation monitoring, Jordan nuclear power plant |
| Language | Russian |
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