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KMID : 0364920040290030157
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
2004 Volume.29 No. 3 p.157 ~ p.163
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Source term estimation using least squares method in a radiological emergency
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Jeong Hyo-Joon
Kim Eun-Han
Suh Kyung-Suk
Hwang Won-Tae
Han Moon-Hee
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Abstract
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Atmospheric dispersion modelling has been widely used to predict the fate and transport of radioactive or toxic materials released from nuclear facilities which is an unlikely accidental event. To improve the forecasting performance of the dispersion model, it is required that source rate and dispersion characteristics must be defined appropriately. Generally, source term of the radioactive materials is much uncertain at the early phase of an accidental event. In this study, we computed the source rate with the experimental field data monitored at the Yeoung-Kwang nuclear site and obtained the optimal source rate to minimize the errors between the measured concentrations and the computed ones by the Gaussian plume model. Computed source term showed a good result within 24% of the artificially released source rate.
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KEYWORD
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source term estimation, Gaussian plume model, least squares method
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