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This chapter provides scenarios in the case that two of the current 99 nuclear reactors in operation in the U.S. would encounter a core-meltdown accident. It also explains why a better understanding of radioactive plume dispersion is important and how projection could be completed. Further, it projects the plume dispersion pathway at downwind, under four typifying weather conditions in a calendar year, using the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant as subject of study. Plume dispersion will be addressed, with the similar method using the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant as another subject of study. Finally, this chapter explains some limitation with projection.
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Kyne, D. (2017). Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant Core-Meltdown Accidents. In: Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50343-1_4
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