G I S – An Open Window For Environmental Protection At Nuclear Power Plants M. Zaplaic*, A. Deneanu**, S. Iliuta*, T. Zaplaic*, A. Dragomir*, D. Zisu* * Cepstra Grup SRL ** Westagem SRL The 14 th Conference “Progress in Cryogenics and Isotopes Separation” Calimanesti, October 2008

What’s GIS ?  Integration of 5 basic components People Data Procedures

GIS Technology  GIS platforms provide a useful tool to organize, analyze and illustrate geographically linked data  GIS technology facilitates:  handling objects in geographic space  better knowledge based on spatial data and events  maps digital storage as database structured in layers of spatial referenced information, based on international units (metter)   automatic scale transformation  software conversion between Geographic Coordinate Systems  spatial analysis functions for multiple correlations inside or between layers

GIS - Benefits  Improvement of organisational and planning activities  Support for decision making  Improvement of geodatabase design and management  Reduction of redundant information in geodatabase  Integration of information from multiple data sources  New data providing by queries and complex analyses of geographical (related) data

GIS - Integrated Approach Noise levels distribution Residential areas Industrial areas Roads Hydrology Landscape Level lines  Various types of information  Geographical information  Industrial facilities  Demography  Hydrology  Land use  Roads, railways  Human health and safety information  Natural risk areas  Risk areas  Environmental monitoring networks  Protected areas  Habitats and biotops  Meteo data, aso

GIS & Environmental Protection Wildfire Fight Management Air Quality Management Coastal Zones Management Pit Firefighting Management Waste Water Management Management of Natural Sources Management of Disasters GIS Applications

Nuclear Power Plants & Environmental Protection  Finding the appropriate location :  Risks:  Seismic (Geomorphology and seismic maps)  Hydrology (Floods, Drought)  Exposed population (localities, no. of inhabitants)  Protected areas (special protected areas, sites of community interest)  Estimated areas of impact (air, water, soil) under ordinary conditions and/or accident  Others:  Access (railways, roads, landscape, waterways)

Nuclear Power Plants & Environmental Protection  During operation and after closure:  Monitoring networks (radioactivity levels in air, soil, water) – sources / receptors  Health and safety monitoring (effects of human exposure by radioactivity intake, incidence of related diseases a.s.o.)  Survey on the site for nuclear waste storage  Register of events

Romania – Cernavoda Overview

Romania – Cernavoda Overview - Roads

Romania – Cernavoda Overview - Railways

Romania – Cernavoda Overview – Seismic Map

Zoom Cernavoda Nuclear Plant (60 km x 60 km) – Land Cover

Zoom Cernavoda Nuclear Plant (60 km x 60 km) – Data View

Zoom Cernavoda Nuclear Plant (60 km x 60 km) – Map View

OpenGIS Applications & Nuclear Power Plants

GIS – But Not Stand Alone SoundPLAN Georeferencing Input for noise levels modelling Estimated noise isolines – SoundPLAN for data input & CEPSTRA software for noise levels modeling & Surfer for isolines mapping & Google Earth for georeferencing Local noise sources - industry - traffic