Working Group 9

Urban Areas

Objectives

The activities of this Working Group focused on modelling of dispersion and retention of radionuclides in urban environments in connection with emergencies or accidental releases of radionuclides. In particular, the goal was to test and improve the capabilities of models used in the assessment of radioactive contamination in urban settings, including dispersion and deposition events, short- and long-term contaminant redistribution following deposition events, and potential countermeasures or remediation efforts for reducing human exposures and doses.

Documents

• First Working Group Meeting held from 19 to 23 January 2009, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentation 1
  
• Second Working Group Meeting held from 13 to 15 July 2009, SURO headquarters, Prague, Czech Republic:
  
  Minutes
  
• Third Working Group Meeting held from 25 to 29 January 2010, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Participants List; Presentations: Dispersion; USEV; LASAIR; Simple ORNL Model; Trillo Scenario; Proposed Scenarios;
  Trillo Modelling Results; ADDAM; Rainfall Effects; Countermeasures; CHERURB; ERMIN
  
  
• Fourth Working Group Meeting held from 8 to 10 June 2010, Department of Applied Physics, University of Seville, Spain:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: Short-range; LASAIR; CDF calculations; Short scale; Comparison; Test 2; Hotspot; ADDAM short-range;
  Trillo NPP scenario; NPP Trillo; Hypothetical NPP accident; Mid-range
  
  
• Fifth Working Group Meeting held from 24 to 28 January 2011, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: Seoul; ERMIN; METRO-K; CPHR; Hotspot; ADDAM and CSA-ERM Short-Range; CFD Calculations; Kamenna RDD; Short Scale Scenario; University of Seville; Short Range; Comparison; LASAIR; Dirty Bomb; ADDAM and CSA-ERM Mid-Range; Hypothetical NPP; Trillo NPP Scenario; NPP Trillo
  
  
• Sixth Working Group Meeting (Part 1) held from 15 to 18 June 2011, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada:
  
  Minutes; Presentation: Short Range
  
  
• Sixth Working Group Meeting (Part 2) held from 17 to 19 October 2011, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: Seoul Scenario using RESRAD-RDD
  
  

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Contacts

• Working Group Leader: Ms Kathy Thiessen, SENES Oak Ridge Inc., Center for Risk Analysis
• Scientific Secretary: Mr. Volodymyr Berkovskyy, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security