An international comparison of models and approaches for the estimation of the radiological exposure of non-human biota

Citation

Beresford NA, Balonov MI, Beaugelin-Seiller K, Brown J, Copplestone D, Hingston JL, Horyna J, Hosseini A, Howard BJ, Kamboj S, Nedveckaite T, Sazykina T, Vives i Batlle J, Yankovich TL, Yu C & Olyslaegers G (2008) An international comparison of models and approaches for the estimation of the radiological exposure of non-human biota. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66 (11), pp. 1745-1749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.04.009

Abstract
Over the last decade a number of models and approaches have been developed for the estimation of the exposure of non-human biota to ionising radiations. In some countries these are now being used in regulatory assessments. However, to date there has been no attempt to compare the outputs of the different models used. This paper presents the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency's EMRAS Biota Working Group which compares the predictions of a number of such models in model–model and model–data inter-comparisons.

Keywords
non-human biota; radiological protection; model

Journal
Applied Radiation and Isotopes: Volume 66, Issue 11

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