Bulgarian Emergency Response System (BERS) in case of nuclear accident with exposure doses’ estimation

  • Dimiter Syrakov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
  • Maria Prodanova National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
  • Kiril Slavov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
  • Blagorodka Veleva National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_FITE.2015.v27.51193
Keywords: nuclear accident, emergency response, early warning system, air dispersion models, radioactive exposure doses.

Abstract

A PC-oriented Emergency Response System in case of nuclear accident (BERS) is developed and works operationally in the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH). The creation and development of BERS was highly stimulated by the ETEX (European Tracer EХperiment) project. BERS comprises two main parts - the operational and the accidental ones. The operational part, run automatically every 12 hours, prepares the input meteorological file used by both trajectory and dispersion models, runs the trajectory models, visualizes the results and uploads the maps of trajectories to a dedicated web-site. The accidental part is activated manually when a real radioactive releases occur or during emergency exercises. Its core is the Bulgarian dispersion models EMAP. Outputs are concentration, accumulated deposition and selected doses fields. In the paper, the BERS overall structure is described and examples of its products are presented.

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Published
2015-11-17
How to Cite
Syrakov D., Prodanova M., Slavov K. y Veleva B. (2015). Bulgarian Emergency Response System (BERS) in case of nuclear accident with exposure doses’ estimation. Física de la Tierra, 27, 57-67. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_FITE.2015.v27.51193
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Vol. 27 (2015): Meteorological, Climate and Air Quality Applications
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