This project is funded by "Klima- und Energiefonds".
Updated: 2012-06-20
The Espoo-Convention regulates approval procedures for technical plants which can lead to cross-boarder environmental impacts. In this project, a decision procedure was developed (indicators, scientific foundation) with the aim that the Austrian Ministry can decide in an early stage of an international participation procedure, when no complete information is given, if a participation of Austria should be aspired. See also Seibert et al. 2004
ENSEMBLE is a project which aims at providing effective communication procedures and software tools for reconciliation and harmonisation of disparate national long-range dispersion forecasts across Europe during a nuclear accident. It provides a true real-time Web-based and user-friendly decision support system for long-range atmospheric dispersion data exchange and model evaluation.
FLEXTRA and FLEXPART are an atmospheric trajectory and a particle dispersion model, respectively, that are used by a growing user community. FLEXPART is a Lagrangian dispersion model originally developed at BOKU-Met. The main developer, Andreas Stohl, continues to work on the model at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Research (NILU), with contributions of, inter alia, BOKU-Met. See also Stohl et al. 2005
Riskmap was a project in which a map of the nuclear risk in Europe has been developed as a discussion base for international nuclear liability law. Geographical distribution of the nuclear risk in Europe due to civil nuclear power plants (NPP) was calculated in order to:
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Seibert, P., Frank, A., Formayer, H., Wenisch, A., Mraz, G. (2004): Entwicklung von Entscheidungskriterien betreffend die Beteiligung an UVP Verfahren entsprechend der Espoo-Konvention, Wien. Nicht öffentlicher Bericht im Auftrag des BMLFUW.
Seibert, P.; Frank, A. (2004): Source-receptor matrix calculation with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model in backward mode. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 51-63, 2004. Download
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SSK (2008): Radiologische Grundlagen für Entscheidungen über Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Bevölkerung bei unfallbedingten Freisetzungen von Radionukliden. Empfehlung der Strahlenschutzkommission. Redaktionelle Überarbeitung der gleichnamigen Veröffentlichung aus dem Jahr 1999. Stand 21.09.2008. Download
SSK (2008b): Übersicht über Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Strahlenexposition nach Ereignissen mit nicht unerheblichen radiologischen Auswirkungen. Überarbeitung des Maßnahmenkatalogs Band 1 und 2. Empfehlung der Strahlenschutzkommission. Verabschiedet in der 220. Sitzung der Strahlenschutzkommission am 5./6. Dezember 2007, Stand 29.8.2008.
Stohl, A., Forster, C., Frank, A., Seibert, P., and Wotawa, G. (2005): Technical note: The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 6.2., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2461–2474. Download
Stohl, A., Seibert, P., Wotawa, G., Arnold, D., Burkhart, J.F., Eckhardt, S., Tapia, C., Vargas, A., and Yasunari, T.J. (2012): Xenon-133 and caesium-137 releases into the atmosphere from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant: determination of the source term, atmospheric dispersion, and deposition, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 2313-2343. Download
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WNA (ongoing): Averting the Danger of Catastrophic Climate Change: Is the Nuclear Renaissance Essential? WNA Nuclear Century Outlook. Download pdf. Download latest table.
This project is funded by "Klima- und Energiefonds".