Environmental Capability Evaluation in Order to Select Nuclear Power Plant Site with Boolean-Fuzzy Logic Combination (Case Study: The Sahar Khiz Region of Gilan Province)

Subject Areas : environmental management

Mojtaba Barzehkar ¹ , Naghmeh Mobarghaee ² , Amir Salemi ³ , Hassan Ramezani ⁴

1 - MSc. Environmental Pollution, Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning, Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. * (Corresponding Author)
3 - Assistant Professor of Environmental Pollutants, Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran.
4 - Expert of Environmental Studies Management Office, Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran, Tehran

Received: 2015-07-01 Accepted : 2016-02-02 Published : 2019-04-21

Keywords: Site selection, weighted linear combination, Analytical hierarchy process, Geographical information syste,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Environmental capability evaluation in order to select nuclear power plant site with observance of International Atomic Energy Agency requirements and in the framework of land use planning is a very important factor to achieve sustainable development. Precise evaluation of environmental capability will prepare the establishment of nuclear power plants in the coastal areas according to ecological and socio-economic considerations. The major purpose of this research is evaluation of environmental capability for nuclear power plant site selection in the Sahar Khiz region of Guilan province using Boolean-Fuzzy logic combination method based on the weighted linear combination (WLC) in Geographic information system environment. Method: At the first step investigating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear power plant site selection criteria were identified. Then, all the layers of ecological and socio-economical aspects were entered into the Geographic Information System Environment and then the layers were standardized. In the next stage, the Analytical hierarchy process, based on the paire comparison, for weighting of layers were utilized. Finally all the ecological and socioeconomic layers were combined by Boolean-fuzzy logic based on the weighted linear combination. Findings: After combining the ecological and socio-economical layers, it was determined that the total area of Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province is inappropriate for nuclear power plant site selection. Discussion and Conclusion: According to the International Atomic Energy Agency and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement, the results demonstrate the environment capability evaluation for nuclear power plant site selection inthe Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province based on Boolean-Fuzzy logic method and based on the weighted linear combination (WLC), has higher flexibility and higher accuracy comparing with the Boolean logic method.

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