A new method to account for the depth distribution of 137Cs in soils in the calculation of external radiation dose-rate

D.N. Timms; Jim Smith; M.A. Cross; A.V. Kudelsky; G. Horton; R. Mortlock

doi:10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00219-4

A new method to account for the depth distribution of 137Cs in soils in the calculation of external radiation dose-rate

D.N. Timms, Jim Smith, M.A. Cross, A.V. Kudelsky, G. Horton, R. Mortlock

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This work reports a new method for calculating the external dose-rate as a function of height above land that has been contaminated with a surface deposition of ¹³⁷Cs. Unlike previous work this method accounts for vertical migration of ¹³⁷Cs using the Advection Dispersion Equation (ADE) with appropriate parameters. The results have been successfully verified with field measurements from the ¹³⁷Cs contaminated regions within the Republic of Belarus. The method also correctly predicts the observed variation of dose-rate with elevation above the soil surface and it is shown how this method can be used to predict the reduction in surface dose-rate after remediation measures such as deep ploughing have taken place.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-334
Journal	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Volume	72
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00219-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2004

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