Abstract
The legacy of Chernobyl is not the only nuclear accident likely to confront Turkish territory, which is not far from other insecure power plants, especially the Metsamor. The main purpose of this study was to examine the possible impacts to Turkish territory of a hypothetical accident at the Metsamor Nuclear Plant. The research was performed based on two different methodologies: First, a 10-day trajectory analysis was carried out a set of long-term (30 years) meteorological data; second, a tracer study was performed using the MM5T online model for the selected episode. Trajectory and tracer studies showed that an accident at the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant would influence all of Turkey. Furthermore, vulnerable regions in Turkey after the Chernobyl disaster were demonstrated as a new and first attempt in this study.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 393-405 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Water, Air, and Soil Pollution |
| Volume | 198 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2009 |
Funding
Acknowledgement This study has been supported by a research grant (11_05_268) provided by the Secretaria of Research Activities at Istanbul Technical University and by a research grant (105Y046) provided by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). The modeling experiments were carried out at the computing facilities of the Institute of Informatics at Istanbul Technical University. Thanks to M. Ersen Aksoy and Taylan Sancar (EIES) for technical assistances. We appreciate the editorial assistance provided by Ayce Aksay.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| TUBITAK | |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu | |
| Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | 105Y046 |
Keywords
- MM5 Tracer Model
- Nuclear accidents
- Trajectory analysis
