International study on the validation of models for the environmental transfer of tritium and carbon-14

Appl Radiat Isot. 2008 Nov;66(11):1726-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.12.021. Epub 2008 Apr 25.

Abstract

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS) model evaluation programme includes a Tritium and Carbon-14 Working Group (TCWG), the goal of which is to test the performance of models for the environmental transfer. This paper describes work on two of the nine TCWG scenarios; one involved the prediction of time-dependent tritium concentrations in freshwater mussels subject to an abrupt change in ambient tritium levels and the second was concerned with the prediction of carbon-14 concentrations in rice grown in the vicinity of sources of continuous atmospheric releases.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bivalvia / metabolism*
  • Carbon Radioisotopes / analysis
  • Carbon Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Biological*
  • Oryza / metabolism*
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiation Monitoring / methods*
  • Radioactive Fallout / analysis*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tritium / analysis
  • Tritium / pharmacokinetics*

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Radioactive Fallout
  • Tritium