Characterisation of Aerosols from Simulated Radiological Dispersion Events

Title

Characterisation of Aerosols from Simulated Radiological Dispersion Events

 Author

Di Lemma, F.G.

Contributor

Konings, R.J.M. (promotor)

Faculty

Applied Sciences

 Department

Radiation Science & Technology

 Date

2015-03-16

 Abstract

The research described in this thesis aims at improving the evaluation of the radiaoctive aerosol release from different Radiological Dispersion Events (RDE's), such as accidents and sabotage involving radioactive and nuclear materials. These studies help in a better assessment of the source term as input for atmospheric dispersion predictions, or eventually improve merit of such calculations. To study and analyse the aerosol release from these events a new experimental set-up was developed (RADES). This has been used to produce aerosols from experiments that simulate RDE's in controlled laboratory conditions and collect them for post-analyses. By coupling these results with the study of the gaseous aerosols precursor and of their interactions, this research provides a basic understanding of the aerosol formation processes for such events.

 Subject

Radioactive Aerosol
Particles Characterisation
Severe Accidents
Dirty bombs
RDE
Source term evaluation

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 Publisher

Sierke Verlag

 ISBN

978-3-86844-687-6

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

doctoral thesis

 Rights

(c) 2015 Di Lemma, F.G.
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