IS428 AY2019-20T1 Assign Chan Huang Suan
VISUALIZATION OF ALWAYS SAFE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Problem & Motivation
The challenge scenario puts the analyst into a fictional town of St Hilmark. St Hilmark is a large city with 19 different neighborhoods, each with its unique characteristics and living conditions.
In one corner of a neighborhood lies the pride of the city, the Always Safe nuclear power plant is the one and only power-producing facilities in St Hilmark. However, the plant was not compliant with international standards when it was constructed and is now aging. Always Safe agreed to provide funding for a set of carefully calibrated professional radiation monitors at fixed locations throughout the city. To demonstrate that the nuclear plant's operations were not affecting the city, a group of citizen scientists had developed homemade sensors that could be deployed to citizen's cars. These sensors will continually monitor and provide live radiation reading uploaded to the web via the user's cell phone.
Unfortunately, a series of earthquakes hit the town within the week period of 6th April 2020 to 10th April 2020. It was reported that the nuclear plant was damaged resulting in a leak of radiation contamination which affected employees' cars. Now, the city’s government and emergency management officials are trying to understand if there is a risk to the public while also responding to other emerging crises related to the earthquake as well as satisfying the public’s concern over radiation.
Due to the adverse effects of radiation contamination, there is a need to highlight and understand the impact of the radiation leak. An interactive visualization has been build to visualize the radiation readings provided by both static and mobile sensors. The dashboard will help to identify possible radiation contamination sites and cars that could have traveled in St Hilmark or left the town vicinity.
