Fast online system for forecasting environmental impact during an incident
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E. Kümmerle
Abstract
In an incident, the operational control staff needs a rapid general view of the radiological situation in the vicinity of the emission source which is suitable for decision support. Because the measuring team cannot provide sufficient measurements immediately, model calculations based on the available information about the course of the accident are additionally required. Such calculations do not only serve to create an overview of the current situation but can also provide prognoses for several hours. For this purpose, a software system for environmental impact forecasting was developed at Research Centre Jülich, which calculates time-integrated doses as well as ambient gamma dose rates and activity values. The latter can be directly compared with values measured during the incident and consequently can be used to assess the model assumptions.
Kurzfassung
Bei einem Notfall benötigt der Einsatzstab zügig ein Gesamtbild der radiologischen Situation im lokalen Umfeld des Emittenten, das als Entscheidungshilfe tauglich ist. Da der Umgebungsmesstrupp nur nach und nach einzelne Messwerte liefern kann, sind zusätzlich auch Modellrechnungen nötig, die auf den vorliegenden Informationen zum Ablauf des Störfalls aufsetzen. Solche Rechnungen dienen nicht nur der Erstellung eines momentanen Gesamtbildes, sondern können überdies Prognosen über einen Zeitraum von einigen Stunden liefern. Zu diesem Zweck wurde am Forschungszentrum Jülich ein Softwaresystem für Belastungsprognosen entwickelt, das sowohl zeitintegrale Dosen als auch ODL- und Aktivitätswerte für die Umgebung berechnet. Letztere können zum direkten Vergleich mit den aktuellen Messwerten und somit zur Bewertung der Modellannahmen herangezogen werden.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Contents/Inhalt
- Contents
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Summaries
- Editorial
- Environmental monitoring in the case of a radiological event
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- The revised program for measurements in intense operation mode according to AVV-IMIS
- Early emergency response by means of dispersion forecasting – emergency management of the Deutscher Wetterdienst in the context of national and international agreements
- Improvement, extension and integration of operational Decision Support Systems for nuclear emergency management (DSSNET)
- European approach to nuclear and radiological emergency management and rehabilitation strategies (EURANOS)
- Bilateral information and data exchange in case of nuclear emergencies in the German-Dutch border region
- Implementation of decision support systems in Austria
- Source term assessment as a basis for protective measures for the population in case of a nuclear accident in a nuclear power plant with radiological consequences
- Characterization of dose rate instruments for environmental radiation monitoring
- Rapid determination of strontium radionuclides in plants, fodder and foodstuffs
- Longitudinal dispersion of radioactive substances in Federal waterways
- Fast online system for forecasting environmental impact during an incident
- Harnessing monitoring measurements in urban environments for decision making after nuclear accidents
- Correction of deposition predictions with data assimilation
- Potentials and limits of electronic situation displays
- Requirements of emergency control managements on data and information for assessment of the radiological situation in case of a severe accident in a nuclear power plant
- deNIS IIplus – computer-assisted crisis management system
- Iodine Prophylaxis following nuclear accidents – a concept how to distribute potassium-iodide tablets out of the central stocks in the event of an accident
