Estimating the relative risk of developing solid tumor as a function of meteorological conditions in a loca scenario
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This work analyzed the influence of atmospheric stability and wind speed on the transport of a radioactive plume generated by a hypothetical loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) in a generic PWR and studied the radiological impact on the public exposed to the plume. To this end, the HotSpot Health Physics Code software was used to simulate various scenarios and generate the total effective dose (TED) received by the public. The estimated dose was used as input data for the biostatistical model developed by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) to assess the relative risk (RR) of solid cancer for the affected population related to the event, considering age and gender.