Design of a Decision Support System for use in the Event of a Nuclear Emergency

Nuclear accidents such as that at Chernobyl in 1986 have emphasised the need for improving the emergency management of any accidental release of radio-activity. RODOS is a real-time on-line decision support system intended to be used throughout all phases of a nuclear accident. It follows a consistent Bayesian methodology for handling uncertainty and the effective communication of this to the decision makers. Evaluation is based upon multi-attribute value and utility methods with extensive provision of sensitivity analysis and automated explanations to the decision maker.

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