Emergency evacuation time model of nuclear power plant pedestrians. (March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sun, Yujie; Yuan, Tengfei; Chai, Xiang; Chen, Changzhi
• Is Part Of: Progress in nuclear energy. Volume 157(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-03
• Subjects: Nuclear power plant -- Emergency event -- Movement characteristics of pedestrian flow -- Evacuation time model -- Multi-agent simulation; Nuclear energy -- Periodicals; Nuclear engineering -- Periodicals; 333.7924
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104565
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-1970

Abstract

Abstract: The construction of nuclear power plant is usually multi-phase. In the coexisting period of operation and construction, the types of pedestrian in nuclear power plant are complicated. Like Fukushima accident, nuclear power plant accident is dangerous and easy to cause mass panic. In order to improve the efficiency of emergency evacuation in nuclear power plant and accurately obtain the evacuation time of nuclear power plant pedestrians, a pedestrian evacuation time model is established. Firstly, by studying the general layout characteristics of nuclear power plant, nuclear power plant is divided into three areas, protected area, management area and construction area. Secondly, the pedestrian flow movement monitoring data of nuclear power plant are analyzed to obtain the pedestrian movement characteristics and speed-density curves of different locations(facilities) in different areas of the plant, which will provide data support for establishing the pedestrian evacuation time model of nuclear power plant. Thirdly, the evacuation time of nuclear power plant is divided into three parts: pedestrian reaction time, pedestrian walking time and pedestrian waiting time. The evacuation time model of nuclear power plant pedestrian is obtained by analyzing and modeling these three parts respectively. Finally, taking a nuclear power plant as an example, three types of evacuation areas are set up according to the layout characteristics and construction status of nuclear power plant. The model was used to calculate the evacuation time of different types of areas. Based on multi-agent pedestrian flow simulation method, emergency pedestrian flow simulation of three types of evacuation areas is obtained. The results of the model are compared with the simulation results, and it is found that the model has good matching in different nuclear power plant areas, which verifies the rationality and accuracy of the model.