Development of a user-friendly interface for atmospheric dispersion database and its application for nuclear emergency preparedness; Application for optimizing measurement points for effective detection of released radioactive nuclides

El-Asaad, H.; Sagara, Hiroshi*; Han, C. Y.*; Nagai, Haruyasu  

A user interface has been developed using a database of atmospheric dispersion of radioactive nuclides to provide a user-friendly and quick information fetching platform for nuclear emergency preparedness. The output of the user interface comes in different forms, depending on the purpose of the user; for example, comprehensible tables highlighting important values, such as maximum dose levels, its locations and distance from source, and insightful figures of plume horizontal dispersion and distribution. This interface was applied to optimize monitoring post installations for emergency preparedness by investigating various types of plume dispersions and dose distributions.