<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Poland is under threat of potential accidents in nuclear power plants located in its close vicinity, in almost all neighboring countries. Moreover, there are plans to establish a new nuclear power plant in Polish coast. In this paper the analysis of atmospheric transport of radioactive material released during a potential accident in the future nuclear power plant is presented. In the first part of study transport of radioactivity as seen from the long time perspective is analyzed. This involves trajectory analysis as a tool for describing the statistics of air pollution transport pattern and screening the meteorological situations for episode studies. Large sets of meteorological data for selected episodes were stored as a result of this process. Estimation of risk includes both analysis of the consequences and probability analysis of an occurrence of such situation. Episodes then were comprehensively studied in the second phase of the study, using the Eulerian dispersion model for simulation of atmospheric transport of pollutants. This study has proven that the time needed for reaction in case of (hypothetical) accident is enormously short.</p></abstract>

Poland is under threat of potential accidents in nuclear power plants located in its close vicinity, in almost all neighboring countries. Moreover, there are plans to establish a new nuclear power plant in Polish coast. In this paper the analysis of atmospheric transport of radioactive material released during a potential accident in the future nuclear power plant is presented. In the first part of study transport of radioactivity as seen from the long time perspective is analyzed. This involves trajectory analysis as a tool for describing the statistics of air pollution transport pattern and screening the meteorological situations for episode studies. Large sets of meteorological data for selected episodes were stored as a result of this process. Estimation of risk includes both analysis of the consequences and probability analysis of an occurrence of such situation. Episodes then were comprehensively studied in the second phase of the study, using the Eulerian dispersion model for simulation of atmospheric transport of pollutants. This study has proven that the time needed for reaction in case of (hypothetical) accident is enormously short.

Hypothetical Accident in Polish Nuclear Power Plant. Worst Case Scenario for Main Polish Cities

Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - National Research Institute

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Poland is under threat of potential accidents in nuclear power plants located in its close vicinity, in almost all neighboring countries. Moreover, there are...

Hypothetical Accident in Polish Nuclear Power Plant. Worst Case Scenario for Main Polish Cities

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 9 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2019-0001

Keywords
nuclear power plant, modeling, atmospheric transport, meteorology

© 2019 Andrzej Mazur, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hypothetical Accident in Polish Nuclear Power Plant. Worst Case Scenario for Main Polish Cities

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 9 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2019-0001

Keywordsnuclear power plant, modeling, atmospheric transport, meteorology

© 2019 Andrzej Mazur, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nuclear power plant, modeling, atmospheric transport, meteorology