Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Analysis due to Atmospheric Dispersion

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Date 2011-03-23 2011-03-24 2011-03-25
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Conditions

Table 1 Conditions
ItemsContentsReference
ModelsMeteorological model:RAMS, Particle transport model:HYPACTATMET
PeriodMarch 12th, 2011 - April 7th, 2011
Range600 km x 600 km with Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in its center
Horizontal latticeGrid1:600×600[km]、10km mesh
Vertical latticeσ-z coordinate system, Grid with 20km altitude divided into 30 layers
Radioactive material releasedIodine - 131
Release rate[Bq/s]Assumption based on released amount estimated by Nuclear Safety Commission*1
Release heightNormal:30m, Explosion:30m-200mBased on press release
Decay processRadioactive decay, dry deposition and wet deposition by precipitation
Dry deposition velocity0.01m/s
Washout parameter α1.2×10-4
Washout parameter β0.8
Number of released particlesca. 20 million particles
Meteorological dataMSM (Meso Scale Model) isobaric surface data and AMeDAS precipitation*2Japan Meteorological Agency
Topography data50m mesh numerical mapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan

*1 At this point of time, accurate release amount is still unknown. We estimated the release ratio by multiplying coefficient and dose rate at main gate of the facility.(Fig.2)
*2 Precipitation map made from AMeDAS data was derived and applied because precipitation data produced by a meteorological model was not sufficient.

Results

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