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Model of the long-term transport and accumulation of radionuclides in future landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Assessments of radiological impacts on humans and other biota from potential releases to the biosphere from a deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel are associated with several challenges. Releases, if any, will likely occur in a far future and to an environment that will have experienced substantial transformations. Such releases would occur over very long periods during which environmental conditions will vary continuously due to climate change and ecosystem succession. Assessments of radiological impacts must therefore be based on simulations using models that can describe the transport and accumulation of radionuclides for a large variety of environmental conditions. In this paper we describe such a model and show examples of its application in a safety assessment, taking into account results from sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of the model predictions.

SUBMITTER: Avila R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3636369 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Model of the long-term transport and accumulation of radionuclides in future landscapes.

Avila Rodolfo R Kautsky Ulrik U Ekström Per-Anders PA Åstrand Per-Gustav PG Saetre Peter P

Ambio 20130501 4

Assessments of radiological impacts on humans and other biota from potential releases to the biosphere from a deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel are associated with several challenges. Releases, if any, will likely occur in a far future and to an environment that will have experienced substantial transformations. Such releases would occur over very long periods during which environmental conditions will vary continuously due to climate change and ecosystem succession. Assessments of ...[more]

PMID: 23619807

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