Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 2572: Study on the Atmospheric Diffusion of Airborne Radionuclide under LOCA of Offshore Floating Nuclear Power Plants Based on CALPUFF

Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 2572: Study on the Atmospheric Diffusion of Airborne Radionuclide under LOCA of Offshore Floating Nuclear Power Plants Based on CALPUFF

Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su15032572

Authors: Yan Huang Xiaoming Song Shuliang Zou Shoulong Xu Fang Zhao Na Liu

Studying the migration and diffusion of radionuclides plays an important role in emergency decision making and accident mitigation of floating nuclear power plants. Based on the CALPUFF model, this paper simulates the spatial distribution and concentration distribution of airborne radionuclides 131I diffusion under the conditions of sailing and power supply under LOCA (Loss-of-Coolant Accident) of the floating nuclear power plant, and the influence of four meteorological parameters, namely wind speed, cloudiness, temperature and air pressure, on the migration was analyzed using sensitivity analysis. The results show that the wind direction affects the diffusion direction of 131I, and the concentration of 131I decreases with the increase in the diffusion distance; under the same conditions, the radionuclides diffuses farther and the affected area is larger under the sailing condition. Wind speed is the dominant factor affecting the diffusion of radionuclides, followed by the cloud amount parameter, temperature parameter, and air pressure parameter. The research results can provide theoretical support for emergency responses to nuclear accidents in offshore floating nuclear power plants.