Sheltering : A protective measure following an accidental atmospheric release from a nuclear power plant
s.l; Pergamon Press; Jun. 1988. 659-67 p. Tab.(Health Physics, 54, 6).
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ABSTRACT
The effectiveness of sheltering the population for reducing radiological effects following an accidental release of radioactivity at a nuclear power plant was investigated. Different levels of respiratory protection and the administration of a thyroid blocking agent were also studied as possible complements to sheltering. Specific conditions were assumed, concerning the high protection factors of regular buildings and the high availability of civil defense shelters. Computations were performed by means of probabilistic consequence model, which allows a comprehensive description of exposure modes and processes dealing with the implementation of sheltering and which takes into account a broad range of radiological effects. Sheltering, even in regular buildings, as found to be efficient in reducing early fatalities and other non-stochastic effects. However, it was shown that respiratory protection is also needed in order to alleviate stochastic effects and that, for this purpose, expedient inividual filtration methods may be satisfactory. Under the conditions studied,sheltering was found to be preferable in most cases over evacuation, as the main inmediate protective measure, unless evacuation can be carried out before th radioactive cloud reaches the populated area
Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Base de dados:
Desastres
Assunto principal:
Efeitos de Desastres na Saúde
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Prevenção de Acidentes
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Energia Nuclear
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Health Physics
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Monografia