Publication Abstract

A system for protecting the environment from ionising radiation: selecting reference fauna and fauna, and the possible dose models and environmental geometrics that could be applied to them

A system for protecting the environment from ionising radiation: selecting reference fauna and fauna, and the possible dose models and environmental geometrics that could be applied to them

R.J. Pentreath and D.S. Woodhead

In order to demonstrate, explicitly, that the environment can be protected with respect to controlled sources of ionising radiation, it is essential to have a systematic framework within which dosimetry models for fauna and flora can be used. And because of the practical limitations on what could reasonably be modelled and the amount of information that could reasonably be obtained, it is also necessary to limit the application of such models to a ‘set’ of fauna and flora within a ‘reference’ context. This paper, therefore, outlines the factors that will need to be considered to select such ‘reference’ fauna and flora, and describes some of the factors and constraints necessary to develop the associated dosimetry models. It also describes some of the most basic environmental geometries within which the dose models could be set in order to make comparisons amongst different radiation sources.

Reference:

R.J. Pentreath and D.S. Woodhead, 2001. A system for protecting the environment from ionising radiation: selecting reference fauna and fauna, and the possible dose models and environmental geometrics that could be applied to them. Science of the Total Environment, 277: 33-43.

R.J. Pentreath and D.S. Woodhead*

Science of the Total Environment, 277: 33-43