Reliability of Radioactive Transfer Models

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
An Overview of the IAEA Safety Series on Procedures for Evaluating the Reliability of Predictions Made by Environmental Transfer Models....Pages 1-14
Verification and Validation of NRPB Models for Radionuclide Transfer Through the Environment....Pages 15-21
BIOMOVS: An International Model Validation Study....Pages 22-29
A Comparison of Model Predictions of Gaseous Dispersion with Environmental Measurements of 14 C Around Sellafield, UK....Pages 30-37
Calculation Model for the Impact on Soil Due to Tritium Emission into the Atmosphere During Snowfall....Pages 38-45
Confirmation of Laboratory Results by HT Releases Under Field Conditions: HT Deposition Velocity and Reemission Rate....Pages 46-53
Uncertainty Analysis and Model Validation for a Retrospective Assessment of Thyroid Dose Resulting from Atomic Weapons’ Test Fallout....Pages 54-65
An Application of a Diagnostic Wind Model to Describe Atmospheric Transport....Pages 66-73
Sea Breeze Wind Field Prediction in Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling....Pages 74-83
A Comparison of Model Predictions and Observations of the Transfer of 137 Cs Through the Air-Pasture-Cow-Milk Pathhay....Pages 84-95
From Model Intercomparison to Model Validation an Example from the BIOMOVS Study....Pages 96-103
Cesium Transport in Food Chains — Comparison of Model Predictions and Observations....Pages 104-113
Comparing Predictions of Two Radioecological Models with Measured Values....Pages 114-126
Validation of the Farmland Models for Radionuclide Transfer Through Terrestrial Foodchains....Pages 127-134
Modelling the Radiocesium Content in Milk and Comparison with the Measured Data after the Chernobyl Accident....Pages 135-140
Particulate Transport Processes in Agroecosystems: Validation of Predictive Models....Pages 141-150
The IUR Project on Soil-To-Plant Transfer Factors of Radionuclides Expected Values and Uncertainties....Pages 151-158
Validation of Dynamic Foodchain Models — Results of an Experimental Programme....Pages 159-166
Transfer of Radionuclides to Food Plants: Root Versus Foliar Uptake....Pages 167-176
Intercomparison of Model Calculation of the Turnover of Ra-226 within an Aquatic Ecosystem....Pages 177-184
Uncertainties Associated with Estimates of Radium Accumulation in Lake Sediments and Biota....Pages 185-192
Finite Element Modelling of Transport of Radium-226 and Uranium from Port Granby Radioactive Waste Management Site to Lake Ontario....Pages 193-200
Biosphere Model Validation by Intercomparison to Observed Behaviour of Fallout Radionuclides in the Aquatic Environment....Pages 201-208
Dose Assessment and Uncertainty with Respect to Liquid Effluent Discharges....Pages 209-216
A Model Performance Test for the Aquatic Dispersion of Radionuclides in the North-East Atlantic Waters....Pages 217-226
Radioactivity of French Coast of the Channel Due to the Release of Technecium 99 and Iodine 129: Modelisation and Measurements....Pages 227-232
Comparison of Marine Dispersion Model Predictions with Environmental Radionuclide Concentrations....Pages 233-240
Modelling the Behaviour of Long-Lived Radionuclides in the Irish Sea — Comparison of Model Predictions with Field Observations....Pages 241-249
Comparison of Models for Assessing the Radiological Impacts of Deep-Sea Disposal of Radioactive Wastes....Pages 250-260
Modelling the Sea-to-Land Transfer of Marine Discharges from Sellafield — Validation Against Environmental Measurements....Pages 261-267
Comparison of Two Model Approaches for the Geosphere/Biosphere Interface....Pages 268-275
The Reliability of Environmental Transfer Models Applied to Waste Disposal....Pages 276-284
Sensitivity Analysis Applied to the Disposal of Low and Medium-Level Waste....Pages 285-298
Modelling the Radiological Impact of Release of Radionuclides into the Biosphere from Solid Waste Disposal Facilities....Pages 299-304
Divis a Programm Package to Support the Probabilistic Modelling of Parameter Uncertainties....Pages 305-317
The Generation of Experimental Designs for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Model Predictions with Emphasis on Dependences between Uncertain Parameters....Pages 318-330
Uncertainty Analysis for Ranking Parameters in Environmental Mathematical Modelling....Pages 331-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-355