Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
8080403 | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity | 2018 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Results show that the standard Safecast static transformation function overestimates the official measurements because it fails to capture the presence of two different Cesium isotopes and their changing magnitudes with time. A model is created to predict the ratio of the isotopes from the time of the accident through 2020. The proposed time dependent calibration takes into account this Cesium isotopes ratio, and it is shown to reduce the error between U.S. government and contributed data. The proposed calibration is needed through 2020, after which date the errors introduced by ignoring the presence of different isotopes will become negligible.
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Energy
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Authors
Guido Cervone, Carolynne Hultquist,