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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2018. Vol. 63. No. 6. P. 21–26
RADIATION SAFETY
DOI: 10.12737/article_5c0c1209d926d4.00249293
E.V. Beresneva1, B.A. Galushkin2, S.V. Gorbunov3, V.N. Klochkov2, V.I. Rubtsov2, A.A. Molokanov2
Simulation Approach in Forecasting Radioactive Situation in Case of Forest Fires in Radioactive Contaminated Zones
1. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Moscow, Russia;
2. A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia;
3. All-Russian Research Institute of Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, Moscow, Russia. E-mail:
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E.V. Beresneva – Assoc. Prof., PhD Tech.; B.A. Galushkin – Leading Researcher, Dr. Sci. Tech, Prof.;
S.V. Gorbunov – Chief Researcher, Dr. Sci. Tech.; V.N. Klochkov – Leading Researcher, Dr. Sci. Tech;
V.I. Rubtsov – Head of the Lab., Dr. Sci. Tech.; A.A. Molokanov – Leading Researcher, PhD Tech.
Abstract
Purpose: The accident at the Chernobyl NPP caused radioactive contamination of large areas, including forestry. For the last decades forest fires in the RF tend to increase and, more alarmingly, their burnt-out area significantly expands. So, the risk of large-scale forest fires in the area of radioactive contamination increases. Effectiveness of the measures for radiation protection of population and personnel involved in fire response is directly related to existence of valid methods of radiation situation prognostication. The work is aimed to develop a method of prognostication of radiation situation at forest fire in the area of radioactive contamination, taking into account random nature of atmospheric turbulence and a convective column over the body of fire, and to estimate validity of this method.
Material and methods: Methods of simulation modeling of mass transfer processes in the atmosphere (method of Bird) based on the molecular-kinetic theory and gas-dynamic theory were used when developing the prognostication method.
Results: The simulation model of formation, spreading and fall-out of radioactive cloud taking into account random nature of atmospheric turbulence and presence of a convective column over the body of fire has been developed; the method of prognostication of radiation situation at forest fire in the area of radioactive contamination has been developed and verified based on data of European experiment E1. The relative error of received values in the control points of radiation situation parameters based on data of experiment E1 did not exceed 0.25.
Conclusion: Use of modified method of Bird allowed developing 3D dynamic model of spreading of radioactive impurity into atmosphere at convective rising by heated air flow from underlying surface. This model takes into account random nature of atmospheric turbulence and presence of a convective column over the body of fire which significantly increases accuracy of the method of radiation situation prognostication.
Key words: forest fires, radiation situation, prognostication, method of Bird, dispersion of the Smith–Hosker, convective column, atmospheric turbulence
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For citation: Beresneva EV, Galushkin BA, Gorbunov SV, Klochkov VN, Rubtsov VI, Molokanov AA. Simulation Approach in Forecasting Radioactive Situation in Case of Forest Fires in Radioactive Contaminated Zones. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2018;63(6):21-26. (Russian).
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