Studying the Impact of a Nuclear-Powered Naval Ship Severe Accident on Aquatic Biota Using Resrad Code
Received Date: Dec 13, 2020 / Accepted Date: Mar 22, 2021 / Published Date: Mar 29, 2021
Abstract
Naval ships are designed to function under very difficult circumstances. The most common cases of nuclear ship incidents/accidents are collisions, problems with the nuclear power reactor, groundings, fires and explosions as well as leaks in the sea-water systems of submarines. Accidental release to air caused by criticality or core melt is considered a real radiological hazard. This study consists of two parts; first part aims at estimating the core inventory of the suggested accident due to melting of nuclear fuel in the ship's power reactor using a Radiological Assessment System for Consequence Analysis (RASCAL) code.
Keywords: Marine science; Nuclear powered ship incidents/accidents; Biota, Radiation dose assessment; Naval ship; Nuclear accident
Citation: Salem EF, Bakr WF, Abdien AK, Tawfik FS (2021) Studying the Impact of a Nuclear-Powered Naval Ship Severe Accident on Aquatic Biota Using Resrad Code. J Marine Sci Res Dev 11: 303. Doi: 10.4172/2155-9910.1000303
Copyright: © 2021 Salem EF, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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