Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on September 7, 2004
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 112(2):209-218; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch399
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 112, No. 2 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved
Decision support systems in nuclear emergencies: a scenario-based comparison of domestic and reference tools
1 Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, DFVM, Str. Atomistilor no. 407, P.O. BOX MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2 Politechnica University, Splaiul Independentei 313, Bucuresti, 060032, Romania
* Corresponding author: vamann{at}xnet.ro.
The article reports selective results of a comparison between RODOSan emerging decision support system for the management of nuclear emergencies in Europe developed by an international research consortium under EEC aegis, and a resident software package developed and maintained for similar purposes at IFIN-HH, Bucharest. Reproducible similarity patterns obtained in the output data distributions provide for simple normalising procedures that may ensure convergent radiological assessments. When properly consolidated on a sufficient scenario casuistry, such procedures could lend a certain resilience to domestic decision support tools over the interim lead time required by the full implementation of RODOS, or other major league, internationally accepted reference systems.