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Prediction of Evacuation Time for Emergency Planning Zone of Uljin Nuclear Site  

Jeon, In-Young (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University)
Lee, Jai-Ki (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.27, no.3, 2002 , pp. 189-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
The time for evacuation of residents in emergency planning zone(EPZ) of Uljin nuclear site in case of a radiological emergency was estimated with traffic analysis. Evacuees were classified into 4 groups by considering population density, local jurisdictions, and whether they ate residents or transients. The survey to investigate the behavioral characteristics of the residents was made for 200 households and included a hypothetical scenario explaining the accident situation and questions such as dwelling place, time demand for evacuation preparation transportation means for evacuation, sheltering place, and evacuation direction. The microscopic traffic simulation model, CORSIM, was used to simulate the behavior of evacuating vehicles on networks. The results showed that the evacuation time required for total vehicles to move out from EPZ took longer in the daytime than at night in spite that the delay times at intersections were longer at night than in the daytime. This was analyzed due to the differences of the trip generation time distribution. To validate whether the CORSIM model fan appropriately simulate the congested traffic phenomena assumable in case of emergency, a benchmark study was conducted at an intersection without an actuated traffic signal near Uljin site during the traffic peak-time in the morning. This study indicated that the predicted output by the CORSIM model was in good agreement with the observed data. satisfying the purpose of this study.
Keywords
emergency; evacuation; EPZ; traffic analysis; CORSIM; behavior;
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