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Mid-range atmospheric dispersion modelling. Intercomparison of simple models in EMRAS-2 project

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Periáñez, R. | Thiessen, K.M. | Chouhan, S.L. | Mancini, F. | Navarro, E. | Sdouz, G. | Trifunović, D.

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier -

International audience. An intercomparison of atmospheric dispersion models has been carried out for a hypothetical accident occurring in a nuclear power plant in the center of Spain. The accident consisted of a steam generator tube rupture, and two radionuclides have been considered for the exercise 137-Cs and 131-I. Meteorological conditions and radionuclide release rates were supplied. Models provided deposition maps, timeintegrated concentrations in air and arrival times of the plumes to specific locations. The effect of the meteorological conditions used in the modelling was clear, with different behavior of the plume with neutral stability vs. stable conditions. The predicted arrival times of the plume at specific locations showed much less variability than deposition and air concentrations. This variability in part reflects the uncertainties inherent in atmospheric dispersion modelling and in the selection of parameter values, such as deposition velocities or diffusivities. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.

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