Impact of rainstorm and runoff modeling on predicted consequences of atmospheric releases from nuclear reactor accidents
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6885541
A general temperate latitude cyclonic rainstorm model is presented which describes the effects of washout and runoff on consequences of atmospheric releases of radioactive material from potential nuclear reactor accidents. The model treats the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation processes. Predicted air and ground concentrations of radioactive material and resultant health consequences for the new model are compared to those of the original WASH-1400 model under invariant meteorological conditions and for realistic weather events using observed meteorological sequences. For a specific accident under a particular set of meteorological conditions, the new model can give significantly different results from those predicted by the WASH-1400 model, but the aggregate consequences produced for a large number of meteorological conditions are similar.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6885541
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-1244
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220900* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety
500300 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
DISASTERS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POLLUTANTS
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RAIN
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
RUNOFF
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STORMS
WASHOUT
WASTES
220900* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety
500300 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
DISASTERS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POLLUTANTS
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RAIN
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
RUNOFF
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STORMS
WASHOUT
WASTES