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CCC-0632 RBD.
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CCC-0632 RBD.

RBD, Doses from Radionuclide Inhalation, Ingestion, Wound Uptake from Bioassays

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  RBD: U.S. Army Radiological
Bioassay and Dosimetry Software Package.
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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
RBD CCC-0632/01 Tested 28-DEC-1995

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
CCC-0632/01 IBM PC PC Pentium 75
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

RBD computes the quantity of a
radionuclide taken into the body by inhalation, ingestion or uptake  from a wound based on measurements of the retained activity in the body or its appearance in excreta; i.e., bioassay measurements. RBD  evaluates both acute and chronic intakes. The package includes database programs for management of the bioassay data and the estimated intakes and radiation doses. Graphical inspection of the data and the computed response are available in the interactive mode.
Data for the computation of intake and committed dose exists for the following 42 nuclides:
H-3   , C-11  , C-14  , Na-22 , Na-24 , P-32  , Co-57 , Co-58 ,
Co-60 , Ni-63 , Sr-85 , Sr-89 , Sr-90 , Tc-99 , Tc-99m, I-125 ,
I-129 , I-131 , I-135 , Cs-134, Cs-137, Pm-147, Eu-152, Eu-154,
Eu-155, Tl-201, Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-228, Th-232, U-234 , U-235 ,
U-236 , U-238 , U-nat , Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-241, Am-241, Cm-242,
Cm-244, Cf-252
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Estimates of intake are derived by convolution  of biological response functions in the manner outlined in Publication 54 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. Dose estimates are derived from the estimated intake using dose coefficients from Federal Guidance Report 11 (DLC-0167: ZZ-FGR-DOSE). Only the initial activity at the wound site is evaluated; i.e. no dose estimates are provided. See ORNL/TM-11858 for details.
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:  None noted.
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

RBD can be run in either interactive or batch mode. Run times in batch mode depend upon the number of bioassay measurements, the nature of the intake (acute vs. chronic), and the  number of individuals. On a 486/33 PC the calculations are typically a few seconds per individual. However, the computations for an individual with a lifetime set of bioassay data (an assumed chronic  exposure) can approach several minutes.
CCC-0632/01
The RBD package was installed and tested at the NEA-DB  on an PC Brett with a Pentium processor of 75 MHz. The package is menu-driven; the execution of the different programs and utilities is selected from the menus and can be performed either interactively or in batch mode. The execution times vary from a few tenths of seconds to a few seconds.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
CCC-0632/01 28-DEC-1995 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES:
CCC-0632/01, included references:
- K.F. Eckerman et al.:
  U.S. Army Radiological Bioassay and Dosimetry: The RBD Software
  Package
  ORNL/TM-11858 (1993)
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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

IBM PC or compatible with less than 4 MB of disk space are required; however, the space requirements will increase depending on the extent of the bioassay data.
CCC-0632/01
The RBD package was tested at the NEA/DB on a PC Brett  (Pentium processor of 75 MHz) with a base memory of 640 Kbyte and extended memory of 16 Mbyte. PROGRAM SIZE: The entire RBD package software requires about 3.2 MByte of disk space at installation time, of which about 2.5 Mbyte are allocated to the executable files. The size of the nuclides data file NUCLIDE.BIN is 448 Kbyte.  Additional space must be provided for the files created by RBD.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
CCC-0632/01 BASIC, FORTRAN
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED

RBD was designed  for use on PC's running DOS. The package consists of database and computational programs interconnected by a menuing program. The database programs were developed using Clipper (summer '87 version), the menu program and other user interface routines were written in MS BASIC using the MS PDS v7.1, and all computational programs were  written using MS FORTRAN v5.1.
CCC-0632/01
The main programs and utilities of the package RBD have been executed in a PC Brett with a Pentium processor at 75 MHz, running MS-DOS 6.2
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
    Oak Ridge, TN
    United States
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
CCC-0632/01
File name File description Records
CCC0632_01.001 Information file of package RBD 404
CCC0632_01.002 Authors' notes on the RBD package 271
CCC0632_01.003 Batch file to execute RBD 31
CCC0632_01.004 RBD setup utility procedure 6
CCC0632_01.005 Batch file to execute RBDBASE 36
CCC0632_01.006 Batch file to run the RBD code 101
CCC0632_01.007 Batch file to run RBD output/log files 35
CCC0632_01.008 Batch file to print RBD log files 46
CCC0632_01.009 Batch file to execute the program RBDIMPOR 36
CCC0632_01.010 Batch file to give menu of DBS files 44
CCC0632_01.011 Batch file to run the program MODSITE 38
CCC0632_01.012 Batch file to run the program SORTREC 55
CCC0632_01.013 Batch file to archive data bases 21
CCC0632_01.014 Batch file to list nuclide files (I) 44
CCC0632_01.015 Batch file to list nuclide files (II) 44
CCC0632_01.016 Batch file to execute program RBDU 36
CCC0632_01.017 Executable file of the program SETUPRBD 0
CCC0632_01.018 Executable file of the program RBD 0
CCC0632_01.019 Executable file of the program RBDMENU 0
CCC0632_01.020 Executable file of the program MODSITE 0
CCC0632_01.021 Executable file of the program RBDBASE 0
CCC0632_01.022 Executable file of the program RBDIMPOR 0
CCC0632_01.023 Executable file of the program REPORT 0
CCC0632_01.024 Executable file of the program RBDU 0
CCC0632_01.025 Executable file of the program SORTREC 0
CCC0632_01.026 Executable file of the program LISTNUC 0
CCC0632_01.027 Executable file of the program FILMAN 0
CCC0632_01.028 Executable file of the program LISTEM 0
CCC0632_01.029 Executable file of the program PLOTNUC 0
CCC0632_01.030 Executable file of the program RBDDATS 0
CCC0632_01.031 Executable file of the program LOKNUC 0
CCC0632_01.032 Executable file of the program OUTLOAD 0
CCC0632_01.033 Auxiliary file # 1 0
CCC0632_01.034 Auxiliary file # 2 0
CCC0632_01.035 Data base file # 1 0
CCC0632_01.036 Data base file # 2 0
CCC0632_01.037 Data base file # 3 0
CCC0632_01.038 Data base file # 4 0
CCC0632_01.039 Data base file # 5 0
CCC0632_01.040 Data base file # 6 0
CCC0632_01.041 Data base file # 7 0
CCC0632_01.042 Data base file # 8 0
CCC0632_01.043 Data base file # 9 0
CCC0632_01.044 Data base file # 10 0
CCC0632_01.045 Data base file # 11 0
CCC0632_01.046 Data base file # 12 0
CCC0632_01.047 Data base file # 13 0
CCC0632_01.048 Index file # 1 0
CCC0632_01.049 Index file # 2 0
CCC0632_01.050 Index file # 3 0
CCC0632_01.051 Index file # 4 0
CCC0632_01.052 Index file # 5 0
CCC0632_01.053 Index file # 6 0
CCC0632_01.054 Index file # 7 0
CCC0632_01.055 Index file # 8 0
CCC0632_01.056 Index file # 9 0
CCC0632_01.057 Index file # 10 0
CCC0632_01.058 Index file # 11 0
CCC0632_01.059 File with the site specifications 90
CCC0632_01.060 Mneu OPTIONS for program MODSITE 23
CCC0632_01.061 Auxiliary file with fonts 0
CCC0632_01.062 Miscellaneous 0
CCC0632_01.063 Nuclide data file (direct access file) 0
CCC0632_01.064 DOS file-names 63
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17. CATEGORIES
  • G. Radiological Safety, Hazard and Accident Analysis

Keywords: doses, ingestion, inhalation, radioisotopes.