IS428 AY2019-20T1 Assign Ngoh Yi Long
MC2: St. HiMark Radiation Monitor System
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Background
Always Safe nuclear power plant has always playing an important role of providing a steady revenue stream where it produces power for St. Himark’s citizens consumption and exports the excess to the mainland. However, it was found that the plant did not comply with the international standards when it was being built. As the powerplant ages, the city’s authority was worried of radioactive contamination to the city. With the addition of the unfortunate event of an earthquake hitting St. Himark, the relevant authorities are trying to ensure that the nuclear power plant is not going to be affecting the citizens and to be able to respond quickly to any emerging crisis on the city.
Motivation
The nuclear powerplant is being situated at the edge of the city in Safe Town. The unsafe level of the radiation is above 100 counts per minute (cpm) where any level higher than that will further increases the chances of cancer. With 246,839 citizens living in such proximity to the nuclear power plant might be quite dangerous for them. Therefore, in my attempt to create a dashboard from the static sensors placed in multiple locations throughout the town and the mobile sensors attached to vehicles of a few citizens, I am hoping to be able to analyse the spatial-temporal patterns of the radiation levels in St. Himark.
Problem
With all the sensor readings – static and mobile, we would need to build a case to show that the readings are reliable and able to determine areas of radiation and analyse uncertainty in the measurement of the radiation. When the nuclear power plant suffered damage from the earthquake, some of the employee’s cars might be contaminated due to a coolant leak. With that many emerging crises, we will need to use the data to analyse and allow the emergency management officials to respond accordingly.
