DAPHNE application in Ukraine for accident assessment and benchmarking of radiological consequences

Prior to the war in Ukraine, the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) was asked, partly in response to the Fukushima Daiichi accident, to set up an approach for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Hazards in Nuclear Emergencies (DAPHNE). DAPHNE is an EC in-house numerically based methodology to perform severe accident simulations based on surrogate reactor models for computing the source term followed by atmospheric dispersion, deposition and calculation of radiological consequences. DAPHNE has been applied to the situation in Ukraine. The exercise also emphasised the important role played by radioactivity monitoring networks in emergency preparedness and response, especially in situations where information is lacking. This is likely to be of increasing importance in an armed conflict situation.

DE LA ROSA BLUL Juan Carlos; 

2025-03-25

OECD

JRC141337

https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_100111/radiological-protection-during-armed-conflict-improving-regulatory-and-operational-resilience,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141337,