Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

, Volume 274, Issue 2, pp 301–306 | Cite as

A rapid response model for simulating radioactivity dispersion in the Strait of Gibraltar

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Abstract

GISPART (GIbraltar Strait PARticle Tracking model) is a three-dimensional particle-tracking code that simulates the dispersion of radionuclides in the Strait of Gibraltar. It consists of a hydrodynamic module that is run off-line to determine tidal constants and residuals in the domain. This information is stored in files that are read by the dispersion module to reconstruct water movements. A Lagrangian approach is used, thus, a radionuclide release is simulated by a number of particles, whose paths are computed individually. Radionuclide concentrations are obtained from the density of particles per water volume unit. Some examples of the results are shown. Matlab GUIs (graphical user interfaces) allow an easy application of the model and visualization of results.

Keywords

Radionuclide Tidal Constituent Dispersion Module Radionuclide Concentration Hydrodynamic Module 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Departamento Física Aplicada IE.U. Ingeniería Técnica AgrícolaSevillaSpain

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