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Note on the effectiveness of indoor shelter as a countermeasure to achieve reduced radionuclide inhalation in the event of a nuclear accident

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A simple mathematical model is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of early warning to seek low ventilation shelter for reducing internal radiation dose from inhaled radionuclides in the case of a nuclear accident.

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  1. Meteorology Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, N.Y., U.S.A.

    Richard T. Cederwall, Ronald E. Meyers & Joseph D. Polk

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  1. Richard T. Cederwall
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Research performed under auspices of U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration.

Present address: Norfolk State College, Norfolk, Virginia; formerly a semester student at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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Cederwall, R.T., Meyers, R.E. & Polk, J.D. Note on the effectiveness of indoor shelter as a countermeasure to achieve reduced radionuclide inhalation in the event of a nuclear accident. Water Air Soil Pollut 5, 501–505 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280849

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