A new version of the AVACTA II code (a code recommended by EPA) has been implemented and evaluated. AVACTA II is a code based on a mixed segmentpuff approach, which allows numerical simulations of both non-stationary and nonhomogeneous conditions. In our version, the wind field is calculated through the 3D mass-consistent code WINDS developed at the Department of Physics of the University
of Genoa, Italy. The model evaluation of this new version of the AVACTA II code has been performed using field experiment data on flat, but rough, terrain (Karlsruhe
Nuclear Research Center (KNRC) tracer experiments) and wind tunnel measurements(EPA Rushil experiments) both in flat and complex terrain. A comparison is made between
simulated and measured concentration distributions. The results of these evaluations are very encouraging