Simulation Research on Real-Time Offsite Dose Radiation of Nuclear Power Plant

Abstract With the rapid development of nuclear power, its safety has attracted more and more attention. In the event of a nuclear accident, once the leakage of radioactive material occurs, it will pose a huge threat to the surrounding environment and the economy and safety of human. In this case, the rapid and accurate evaluation of pollutant dispersion and radiation dose of offsite consequences can guide the decision of nuclear emergency, including the public emergency response and rescue operations. It can also provide the best solution of routes for public evacuation and rescue entrance. The limitation of radioactive accident consequences is essential to protect property security and public safety. In this paper, a real-time evaluation program for offsite dose for nuclear emergency system is developed. The selected for atmospheric dispersion model is the segmented Gaussian model (SGM). Diffusion, advection, plume rise, dry deposition, wet deposition, decay, etc. are considered and FORTRAN language is used for the development. For code-to-code comparison, C3X, the French general offsite dose evaluation program, is chosen as the reference. In the release of changing weather conditions, the simulation results are consistent with C3X, which demonstrates the validity and reliability of program. This paper makes also a nuclear emergency simulation for the changing weather conditions. The results show that the program can precisely calculate the plume nuclides concentration, ground concentration and dose in different time and space. It can also accurately divide the dose area for public emergency guide and rescue operations.