HotSpot Software 2.07.1
This week we learned the hostpot sofware and how to use it. This software is designed to model radionuclides.
You can download this software for free at:
https://narac.llnl.gov/HotSpot/HotSpot.html
To learn how to use the software we went over a couple of practice scenarios the software has and we also read over the user manual.
We downloaded Google earth to use for mapping the contours created by hotspot.
Before we began modeling our scenario we had to decide what radionuclides we wanted to release. Based on the previous studies there a nine key radionuclides of interest or ones that are more likely to be involved in a terrorist attack due to factors such as portability, relatively low security, high levels of radioactivity, and physical and chemical forms. Out of the nine we modeled 5 of them, which included:
Cesium 137
Iridium 192
Plutonium 238
Radon 226
Strontium 90
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