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NEA-1249 ORION-II.
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NEA-1249 ORION-II.

ORION-II, Concentration and Dose from Radioactive Release into Atmosphere

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  ORION-II.
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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
ORION-II NEA-1249/01 Tested 16-JAN-1991

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
NEA-1249/01 FACOM M-780 IBM 3090
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

ORION-II has been developed to  estimate environmental concentration and dose due to airborne release of radioactive material from multiple sources of nuclear fuel cycle facilities.
The modified Gaussian plume model is applied to calculate atmospheric dispersion. The plume depletion models such as gravitational settling, dry deposition, precipitation scavenging and radioactive decay are considered as the causes of the depletion and  deposition on the ground and vegetation.
Inhalation and oral intake are considered as the internal exposure pathways, and submersion in the radioactive cloud and external exposure to ground surface contamination are considered as the external exposure pathways.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

     Number of nuclides:         30
     Number of release sources:  10
     Number of food chains:      10
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

About 10 minutes on IBM small size systems with the sample input data.
NEA-1249/01
NEA-DB compiled the program and executed the test case  included in this package on an IBM 3090 in ca. 20 seconds of CPU time.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

ORION-II is able to calculate the  multiple source effects in a single execution.
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
NEA-1249/01 16-JAN-1991 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES:
NEA-1249/01, included references:
- T. Asano, K. Shinohara and O. Narita :
  A Computer Code to Estimate Environmental Concentration
  and Dose Due to Airborne Release of Radioactive Material.
  PNCT N8410-87-17-Tr  (JW236)  (August 1987)
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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:  Hard disk, line printer and about 1 Mbyte memory.
NEA-1249/01
The test run on an IBM 3090 required 900 Kbytes of main storage.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
NEA-1249/01 FORTRAN-IV
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:  IBM OS.
NEA-1249/01
VMS/XA (IBM 3090).
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

Tomohiro Asano, Kunihiko Shinohara and Osamu Narita
Health and Safety Division
Tokai-Works
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation
Tokai-mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-ken, 319-11
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
NEA-1249/01
File name File description Records
NEA1249_01.001 Information file 84
NEA1249_01.002 ORION-II source program 4221
NEA1249_01.003 JCL to compile, link and run ORION-II 120
NEA1249_01.004 Sample input 97
NEA1249_01.005 Sample output provided by the authors 4817
NEA1249_01.006 Sample output obtained at NEADB 4819
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17. CATEGORIES
  • G. Radiological Safety, Hazard and Accident Analysis
  • R. Environmental and Earth Sciences

Keywords: atmospheric precipitations, doses, ingestion, inhalation, plumes, radioactive release.