Review

  • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology
  • Volume 10(4); 2012
  • Article

Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology 2012;10(4):255-262. Published online: Dec, 30, 2012

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DOI : dx.doi.org/10.7733/jkrws.2012.10.4.255

Numerical Simulations of Water Circulation and Pollutant Transport near a Coastal Area of Wolsung NPPs

  • Geon-Hyeong Park ; Ki-Chul Kim ; Byung-Il Min ; Jung-Lyul Lee ; Kyung-Suk Suh
Abstract

Numerical simulations were performed to evaluate the dispersion characteristics of the pollutant around a Wolsung coastal area at located nuclear power plants. Numerical experiments by using EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) showed good agreements by comparison with the time series and harmonic analysis of the tidal elevations. The released pollutants moved in north direction at flood tide and in south direction at ebb tide. The calculated salinity and temperatures showed good agreements with the observed results by NFRDI(National Fisheries Research & Development Institute). The water circulation due to the variations of the temperature, salinity and tidal components were analyzed to estimate the dispersion characteristics of the pollutant.

Keywords

Wolsung,EFDC,Water circulation,Harmonic analysis