Validation of real time dispersion of Tritium clouds over the Western Mediterranean Basin in different assesments

Castro, P. and Velarde Mayol, Marta and Ardao, Jose and Perlado Martín, José Manuel and Sedano, L. (2011). Validation of real time dispersion of Tritium clouds over the Western Mediterranean Basin in different assesments. In: "Fifteenth International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems", 15/05/2011 - 19/05/2011, San Francisco, CA, EEUU. pp. 355-360.

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Title: Validation of real time dispersion of Tritium clouds over the Western Mediterranean Basin in different assesments
Author/s:
  • Castro, P.
  • Velarde Mayol, Marta
  • Ardao, Jose
  • Perlado Martín, José Manuel
  • Sedano, L.
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: Fifteenth International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
Event Dates: 15/05/2011 - 19/05/2011
Event Location: San Francisco, CA, EEUU
Title of Book: Fusion Science and Technology. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
Date: 2011
Volume: 61
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Department: Otro
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Real time Tritium concentrations in air coming from an ITER-like reactor as source were coupled the European Centre Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) numerical model with the lagrangian atmospheric dispersion model FLEXPART. This tool ECMWF/FLEXPART was analyzed in normal operating conditions in the Western Mediterranean Basin during 45 days at summer 2010. From comparison with NORMTRI plumes over Western Mediterranean Basin the real time results have demonstrated an overestimation of the corresponding climatologically sequence Tritium concentrations in air outputs, at several distances from the reactor. For these purpose two clouds development patterns were established. The first one was following a cyclonic circulation over the Mediterranean Sea and the second one was based in the cloud delivered over the Interior of the Iberian Peninsula by another stabilized circulation corresponding to a High. One of the important remaining activities defined then, was the tool qualification. The aim of this paper is to present the ECMWF/FLEXPART products confronted with Tritium concentration in air data. For this purpose a database to develop and validate ECMWF/FLEXPART tritium in both assessments has been selected from a NORMTRI run. Similarities and differences, underestimation and overestimation with NORMTRI will allowfor refinement in some features of ECMWF/FLEXPART

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Item ID: 12752
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/12752/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:12752
Official URL: http://www.new.ans.org/pubs/journals/fst/a_13445
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 13 Dec 2012 18:18
Last Modified: 08 Sep 2017 12:54
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