title: A comparison of results for the University of Missouri Research Reactor radiological airborne release assessments obtained from PC-based computer programs.
abstract: The United States Environmental Protection Agency has published three computer programs, COMPLY, AIRDOS-PC, and CAP88-PC, to assist the regulated community in determining compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency radionuclide air emission standards. The programs calculate radiation doses from routine airborne release to the general public residing outside a nuclear facility site. They consider doses from inhalation, ingestion of contaminated food, air immersion, and ground deposition. A PC-based computer code, XOQDOQ-82, developed for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was also chosen to compare and evaluate dispersion results from the Environmental Protection Agency codes for the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center. Effects of building parameters, terrain conditions, and downwind distances on dispersion factors were calculated. The results of this study indicated that dispersion factors calculated using AIRDOS-PC and CAP88-PC were several times lower than those calculated using XOQDOQ-82 at all distances, and those dispersion factors calculated using COMPLY were several times lower than the XOQDOQ-82 values at distances greater than 600 m.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Columbia, Research Reactor, Research Park, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kutikkad
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Langhorst
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008923:Missouri; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive