Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Analysis due to Atmospheric Dispersion

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Date 2011-03-15	2011-03-16	2011-03-17
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Ground level air concentration [Bq/m3]

Conditions

*Table 1 Conditions*
Items	Contents	Reference
Models	Meteorological model：RAMS, Particle transport model：HYPACT	ATMET
Period	March 12th, 2011 - April 7th, 2011
Range	600 km x 600 km with Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in its center
Horizontal lattice	Grid1：600×600[km]、10km mesh
Vertical lattice	σ-z coordinate system, Grid with 20km altitude divided into 30 layers
Radioactive material released	Iodine - 131
Release rate[Bq/s]	Assumption based on released amount estimated by Nuclear Safety Commission*1
Release height	Normal：30m, Explosion：30m-200m	Based on press release
Decay process	Radioactive decay, dry deposition and wet deposition by precipitation
Dry deposition velocity	0.01m/s
Washout parameter α	1.2×10^-4
Washout parameter β	0.8
Number of released particles	ca. 20 million particles
Meteorological data	MSM (Meso Scale Model) isobaric surface data and AMeDAS precipitation*2	Japan Meteorological Agency
Topography data	50m mesh numerical map	Geospatial 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