Open AccessPEDIC - A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF EVACUATION ON POPULATION EXPOSURE FOLLOWING ACUTE RADIONUCLIDE RELEASES TO THE ATOMSPHERE
Author(s) -
D.L. Strenge,
R.A. Peloquin
Publication year - 1981
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1080051
Subject(s) - computer program , listing (finance) , radionuclide , atmospheric dispersion modeling , population , environmental science , sample (material) , meteorology , computer science , simulation , statistics , geography , mathematics , air pollution , demography , business , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system , chromatography , sociology
The computer program PEDIC is described for estimation of the effect of evacuation on population exposure. The program uses joint frequency, annual average meteorological data and a simple population evacuation model to estimate exposure reduction due to movement of people away from radioactive plumes following an acute release of activity. Atmospheric dispersion is based on a sector averaged Gaussian model with consideration of plume rise and building wake effects. Appendices to the report provide details of the computer program design, a program listing, input card preparation instructions and sample problems