CCC-0632 RBD.

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

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

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.

5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:  None noted.

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.

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.

7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

10. REFERENCES:

- K.F. Eckerman et al.:
  U.S. Army Radiological Bioassay and Dosimetry: The RBD Software
  Package
  ORNL/TM-11858 (1993)

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.

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.

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.

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

14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
    Oak Ridge, TN
    United States

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