Configuring @HYSPLIT to compute dose using the time-varying emissions of a single radionuclide.
Channel: Roland Draxler
Date: 2022-10-02

In this example, we will start with the simple case of a single long-half-life radionuclide, Cs-137, a half-life of 30 years, using a time-varying emission rate, and with the radiological dispersion calculation internal to @HYSPLIT. The focus for this, and the other five examples, will be the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and specifically on the two-day period, March 14th and 15th, a period that was most critical for the population dose, due to the significant radionuclide releases and accompanying onshore flow.