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Invulnerability analysis of nuclear accidents emergency response organization network based on complex network

  • Wen Chen (School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China) ;
  • Shuliang Zou (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of South China) ;
  • Changjun Qiu (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of South China) ;
  • Jianyong Dai (School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China) ;
  • Meirong Zhang (School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China)
  • Received : 2023.08.27
  • Accepted : 2024.02.29
  • Published : 2024.08.25
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Abstract

Modern risk management philosophy emphasizes the invulnerability of human beings to cope with all kinds of emergencies. The Nuclear Accidents Emergency Response Organization (NAERO) of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is the primary body responsible for nuclear accidents emergency response. The invulnerability of the organization to disturbance or attack from internal and external sources is crucial in the completion of its response missions, reduction of severity of accidents, and assurance of public and environmental safety. This paper focused on the NAERO of a certain NPP in China, and applied the complex network theory to construct the network model of the organization. The topological characteristics of the network were analyzed. Four importance evaluation indexes of network nodes including Degree Centrality (DC), Betweeness Centrality (BC), Closeness Centrality (CC) and Eigenvector Centrality (EC), along with Pearson coefficient correlation among the indexes were calculated and analyzed. Size of the Largest Connected Component (LCC) and Network Efficiency were used as measures regarding the invulnerability of the network. Simulation experiments were conducted to assess the invulnerability of network against various attack strategies. These experiments were conducted both in the absence of node protection measures and under protection measures with different node protection rates. This study evaluated the invulnerability of the NAERO network, and provided significant decision-making basis for the enhancement of the network's invulnerability.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Nuclear Security Project of State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. PRC (No:200GJG003).

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