Re[2]: IRPA-9 TEXTBOOK ON WEB

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     I haven't checked out the textbook.  However, we at Sandia have 
     calculated doses both for incident-free transportation and for 
     transportation accidents for a  very large number of routes in the U. 
     S.  (averages don't make much sense here because of the long distances 
     traveled) Many of these results are in the open literature (see, for 
     example, Weiner, LaPlante, and Hageman, Risk Analysis, v.11, December 
     1991, pp. 655-666 - yes this is one of my publications but I happened 
     to have the ref. handy).  
     
     We use a program called RADTRAN to calculate doses.  RADTRAN is 
     available to anyone, free for nothing, through an interface called 
     TRANSNET ,If you have a modem.  If you want to access TRANSNET and 
     RADTRAN, send me an e-mail directly and I will give you directions for 
     obtaining access, getting the user's manual, etc..  Also, we give an 
     all-day course on RADTRAN use at the meetings that deal with 
     radioactive waste.  The next course will be in April 1998 at a risk 
     analysis workshop at Hanford (sponsored by American Nuclear Society).  
     E-mail me if you want information on this.  If any organization wants 
     to set up a course and can get 20 people together, we can probably 
     arrange to have Sandia put the course on.  
     
     RADTRAN is very easy and fast to use (a run takes a few minutes) and 
     is internationally recognized.  RADTRAN I dates to 1972.  RADTRAN II 
     was used in NUREG-0170, the 1977 EIS on transporting radioactive 
     materials, which is now being revised using RADTRAN 4 and RADTRAN 5.
     
     Ruth Weiner
     Transportation Systems Department
     Sandia National Labs Mail Stop 0718
     P. O. Box 5800
     Albuquerque, NM 87185-0718
     505-844-4791
     505-844-0244 (fax)
     rfweine@sandia.gov 


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Subject: Re: IRPA-9 TEXTBOOK ON WEB
Author:  jogden@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us at hubsmtp
Date:    1/5/98 9:34 AM


Just was checking out the transportation section of the Textbook. 
The appendix shows radiation doses to workers and the general public 
resulting from the transport of radioactive materials,  yet lists 
doses from only France, the UK, and Germany.
     
Does anyone have similar data for the U.S. for road, rail, air or 
water?
     
Thanks,
     
     
James H. Ogden, Jr., Emergency Planner 
WIPP Transportation Project
INTERNET Address (jogden@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us) 
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