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ANL dust study aims to improve emergency response models
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have conducted experimental tests on how particles from paved surfaces become suspended from activities such as walking, driving, and vacuuming, aiming to improve modeling of radiological and other contamination scenarios where emergency operations may kick up hazardous dust.
Ethan Fisher (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Mississippe State Univ.), C. Miller McSwain (NASA MSFC, Univ. of Tennessee), Thomas J. Godfroy, Michael G. Houts (NASA MSFC), Florent Heidet (Argonne National Laboratory), Rittu S. Raju (NASA MSFC, Univ. of Michigan), Darrin Leer (NASA MSFC, Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte), Jonathan T. Gates (Argonne National Laboratory, Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 123 | Number 1 | November 2020 | Pages 37-41