Multicriteria relocation analysis of an off-site radioactive monitoring network for a nuclear power plant

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-217

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Ning, Shu Kuang ^b   Chen, Jen Chang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^c U Tech Technology Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality model; ISC PRIME; Monitoring network; Multi criteria decision making; Multi objective programming; Nuclear power plant

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AIR QUALITY MODEL; AIR SAMPLING SYSTEM (AP); INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX-PLUME RISE MODEL ENHANCEMENTS (ISC-PRIME) SIMULATION MODEL; MONITORING NETWORK; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTI OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MONITORING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SAFETY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSION; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFETY; SENSOR; SIMULATION; TAIWAN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENGCHUN PENINSULA; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745328821     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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