Urban working groups in the IAEA's model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652052%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000018" target="_blank" >RIV/86652052:_____/22:N0000018 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6498/ac5173" target="_blank" >https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6498/ac5173</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ac5173" target="_blank" >10.1088/1361-6498/ac5173</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Urban working groups in the IAEA's model testing programmes: overview from the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes

Original language description

The IAEA's model testing programmes have included a series of Working Groups concerned with modelling radioactive contamination in urban environments. These have included the Urban Working Group of Validation of Environmental Model Predictions (1988–1994), the Urban Remediation Working Group of Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS) (2003–2007), the Urban Areas Working Group of EMRAS II (2009–2011), the Urban Environments Working Group of (Modelling and Data for Radiological Impact Assessments) MODARIA I (2013–2015), and most recently, the Urban Exposures Working Group of MODARIA II (2016–2019). The overarching objective of these Working Groups has been to test and improve the capabilities of computer models used to assess radioactive contamination in urban environments, including dispersion and deposition processes, short-term and long-term redistribution of contaminants following deposition events, and the effectiveness of various countermeasures and other protective actions, including remedial actions, in reducing contamination levels, human exposures, and doses to humans. This paper describes the exercises conducted during the MODARIA I and MODARIA II programmes. These exercises have included short-range and mid-range atmospheric dispersion exercises based on data from field tests or tracer studies, hypothetical urban dispersion exercises, and an exercise based on data collected after the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Improvement of model capabilities will lead to improvements in assessing various contamination scenarios (real or hypothetical), and in turn, to improved decision-making and communication with the public following a nuclear or radiological emergency.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/VI20152019028" target="_blank" >VI20152019028: Radiation Monitoring Network for institutions and schools to assure early awareness and enhancing safety of citizens (RAMESIS)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Radiological Protection

ISSN

0952-4746

e-ISSN

1361-6498

Volume of the periodical

42

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

020502

UT code for WoS article

000756993700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85124776089