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Fig. 21.3 Result representation in JRodos ( a ) map ( b ) time functions at selectable grid points
visible in Fig. 21.3a is the total gamma dose rate at a given time point; the upper
menu band contains the time slider for displaying this result for each time step. For
time-dependent results, the time function at user-selectable locations can be
displayed in graphical form, as shown in Fig. 21.3b , or saved as Microsoft Excel
or plain text files.
21.4 The RODOS Center in Germany
21.4.1 Data and User Concept
In 1997 the German Federal Ministry for the Environment took a fundamental
decision about setting up a decision support system for radiation protection in
Germany with the federal government and the federal states governments at a
central location and using RODOS as system—the so-called “RODOS Center.”
The necessary activities were coordinated and carried out by the Accident Conse-
quence Group at the Institute for Nuclear Technology and Energy Technology of
the then Karlsruhe Research Center. After the concept had been worked out [ 18 ],
the RODOS Center initially was established at the Federal Office for Radiation
Protection in Bonn in 2001. In 2003 it was moved to Neuherberg near Munich
where it is fully operational since 2005 using the Linux-based RODOS system.
After a successful test phase with JRodos under operating conditions transition to
the Java-based system is foreseen for the end of 2013.
Figure 21.4 illustrates the conceptual structure and the external data flow of the
RODOS Center.
The RODOS Center couples to the German integrated measurement and infor-
mation system of the federal government (IMIS) and to the remote surveillance
systems for nuclear reactors operated by the German federal states (KF ¨ s), and