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Matthies, M. ; Eisfeld, K. ; Paretzke, H.G. ; Wirth, E.

Stochastic calculations for radiation risk assessment: A Monte-Carlo approach to the simulation of radiocesium transport in the pasture-cow-milk food chain.

Health Phys. 40, 764-769 (1981)

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Results from a Monte-Carlo simulation have been presented for the transport of 137Cs via the pasture-cow-milk pathway, taking into account the uncertainties and naturally occurring fluctuations in the rate constants. The results of the stochastic model calculations characterize the activity concentration at a given time t and provide a great deal more information for analysis of the environmental transport of radionuclides than deterministic calculations. Moreover, it permits an estimate of the variation of the physico-chemical behaviour of radionuclides in the environment in a more realistic way than by using only the highest transfer coefficients in deterministic approaches, which can lead to non-realistic overestimates of the probability with which high activity levels will be encountered.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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ISSN (print) / ISBN 0017-9078

e-ISSN 1538-5159

Journal Health Physics

Quellenangaben Volume: 40, Issue: 5, Pages: 764-769

Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed