ARAC-RODOS-WSPEEDI Information Exchange Project

摘要

Under the auspices of a US DOE-JAPAN Memorandum of Understanding JAERI and LLNL agreed to develop and evaluate a prototype information exchange protocol for nuclear accident emergency situations. This project received some interest from the US DOS and FEMA as it fits nicely under the umbrella of the G-7's GEMINI (Global Emergency Management Information Network Initiative) project. Because of LLNL/ARAC and JAERV WSPEEDI interest in nuclear accident consequence assessment and hazard prediction on all scales, to include global, we were happy to participate. Subsequent to the Spring 1997 RODOS-ARAC Workshop a Memorandum of Agreement was developed to enhance mutual collaboration on matters of emergency systems development. In the summer of 1998 the project leaders of RODOS, WSPEEDI and ARAC met at FZK and agreed to join in a triangular collaboration on the development and demonstration of an emergency information exchange protocol. JAERI and FZK are engaged in developing a formal cooperation agreement. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the prototype information protocol application for technical feasibility and mutual benefit through simulated (real) event$ quick exchange of atmospheric modeling products and environmental data during emergencies, distribution of predicted results to other countries having no prediction capabilities, and utilization of the link for collaborative studies During 1997 JAERI and LLNL acquired SGI high-end engineering workstations and the InPerson tele-video conferencing software package. After working through the various setup options a series of successful tests were conducted. One Internet communications path was explored and satisfactorily developed to demonstrate proof-of-principle. In fact, a real accident occurred in Japan during March 1997 (PNC explosion/fire) which provided an opportunity to exploit and stress the prototype protocol under development. The outcome proved very positive, though limited in live video. In June of 1998 ARAC developed assessments of the Algeciras, Spain cesium source accident and posted the results on the ARAC protocol test web site.