Simple lake breeze front position technique for off-site dose assessment

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5608326

Burda, T J; Mazzola, C A

During a lake/sea breeze an airflow trajectory reversal generally occurs at the leading edge (lake/sea breeze front) of the landward advancing marine air and can significantly affect the use of an off-site dose assessment procedure. Knowledge of the location of the lake/sea breeze front in real time is vital in interpreting the results from a conventional straightline Gaussian off-site dose calculation methodology, which ignores this complex flow pattern. A simple, low-cost technique was developed to estimate the location of the lake/sea breeze front in real time from easily obtainable meteorological parameters recorded at National Weather Service stations. Although this technique was developed for lake breezes occurring near the Wisconsin Public Service Kewaunee nuclear plant, the concept is applicable after site-specific modifications for other lakeshore sites in approximating the location of the lake breeze front.

• Research Organization: Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, P.O. Box 2325, Boston, Massachusetts 02107
• OSTI ID: 5608326
• Journal Information: Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 62:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LAKES
METEOROLOGY
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION DOSES
CALCULATION METHODS
SEAS
AIR FLOW
DOSIMETRY
FLOW MODELS
GAUSSIAN PROCESSES
WIND
DOSES
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONITORING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
SURFACE WATERS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
500300* - Environment
Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)