A CFD study on radionuclides diffusion and dose assessment in Daya Bay nuclear power plant

S He, Z Zhao, S Ni, W Deng, J Zhao - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to simulate the short-range dispersion of
radionuclides in a real nuclear power plant site. Firstly, the results of the validation case …

Evaluation of atmospheric dispersion of radioactive materials in a severe accident of the BNPP based on Gaussian model

M Aghaie, A Minuchehr, G Alahyarizadeh - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Regarding the importance of radioactive materials dispersion in the environment and their
effect on living organism's well-being, this article examines the atmospheric dispersion of …

Modeling and sensitivity analysis of transport and deposition of radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident

X Hu, D Li, H Huang, S Shen… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The atmospheric transport and ground deposition of radioactive isotopes 131 I and 137 Cs
during and after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident (March …

Residual-based variational multiscale simulation of free surface flows

EF Lins, RN Elias, FA Rochinha… - Computational …, 2010 - Springer
In this work we apply the residual-based variational multiscale method (RB-VMS) to the
volume-of-fluid (VOF) formulation of free-surface flows. Using this technique we are able to …

Radon dispersion modeling and dose assessment for uranium mine ventilation shaft exhausts under neutral atmospheric stability

D Xie, H Wang, KJ Kearfott, Z Liu, S Mo - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the present study, the roles of atmospheric wind profiles in the neutral atmosphere and
surface roughness parameters in a complex terrain were examined to determine their …

Edge‐based finite element implementation of the residual‐based variational multiscale method

EF Lins, RN Elias, GM Guerra… - … Methods in Fluids, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In this work we extend our edge‐based stabilized finite element incompressible flow solver
to turbulence modeling with the residual‐based variational multiscale (RB‐VMS) method …

Numerical study for atmospheric transport of radioactive materials for hypothetical severe nuclear accident under different meteorological conditions

Z Ma, Z Li, X Tang, L Liu, L Bao, C Su, D Li… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A study for atmospheric transport is essential for the consequence assessment of severe
nuclear accidents since radionuclides could be released from the nuclear facility into the …

Modeling and experimental validation of the dispersion of 222Rn released from a uranium mine ventilation shaft

D Xie, H Wang, KJ Kearfott - Atmospheric environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Radon (222Rn) found in uranium mine shaft ventilation exhaust gases could pose hazards
to the surrounding environment and the public by virtue of its progeny. Radon migration …

Analysis of the radioactive atmospheric dispersion induced by ship nuclear power plant severe accident

K Ouyang, W Chen, Z He - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
For the nuclear powered ship, the radionuclides will be released near the sea surface after a
severe nuclear accident. The influence of sea surface on the atmospheric diffusion of …

Stabilized edge‐based finite element computation of gravity currents in lock‐exchange configurations

RN Elias, PLB Paraizo… - International Journal for …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Modeling of gravity current flows is important in many problems of science and engineering.
Gravity currents are primarily horizontal flows driven by a density difference of few per cents …