User Instructions for the CiderF Individual Dose Code and Associated Utility Codes

Abstract

SUMMARYHistorical activities at facilities producing nuclear materials for weapons released radioactivity into the air and water. Past studies in the United States have evaluated the release, atmospheric transport and environmental accumulation of 131 I from the nuclear facilities at Hanford in Washington State and the resulting dose to members of the public . A multi-year dose reconstruction effort (Mokrov et al. 2004) is also being conducted to produce representative dose estimates for members of the public living near Mayak, Russia, from atmospheric releases of 131

Analysis Approach and Data Package for Mayak Public Doses

“…First, a keyword file is prepared for the srcSetupRunsMayak code. In the user's guide (Eslinger and Napier 2013), this code is simply called srcSetupRuns. Execution of the code creates run directories and prepares control files for HYSPLIT.…”

“…Additional codes have been developed, including the new individual dose code CiderF (Eslinger and Napier 2013), and applied to historical releases of 131 I from Mayak. This document provides a data package that identifies computer code runs and associated input and output files prepared for the purpose of calculating doses to members of the public from atmospheric releases of …”