title: Validating proposed migration equation and parameters' values as a tool to reproduce and predict137Cs vertical migration activity in Spanish soils.
abstract: This paper shows the procedure performed to validate the migration equation and the migration parameters' values presented in a previous paper (Legarda et al., 2011) regarding the migration of137Cs in Spanish mainland soils. In this paper, this model validation has been carried out checking experimentally obtained activity concentration values against those predicted by the model. This experimental data come from the measured vertical activity profiles of 8 new sampling points which are located in northern Spain. Before testing predicted values of the model, the uncertainty of those values has been assessed with the appropriate uncertainty analysis. Once establishing the uncertainty of the model, both activity concentration values, experimental versus model predicted ones, have been compared. Model validation has been performed analyzing its accuracy, studying it as a whole and also at different depth intervals. As a result, this model has been validated as a tool to predict137Cs behaviour in a Mediterranean environment.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Engineering, Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: kontxi.olondo@ehu.eus.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olondo
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Engineering, Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Legarda
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Engineering, Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herranz
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Engineering, Alda. Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Idoeta
mesh_terms: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D012987:Soil; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
keywords: (137)Cs vertical migration; Model validation; Radioactivity in soil; Uncertainty analysis