A risk computation model for environmental restoration activities
A risk computation model useful in environmental restoration activities was developed for the US Department of Energy (DOE). This model, the Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS), can be used to evaluate effects of potential exposures over a broad range of regulatory issues including radioactive carcinogenic, nonradioactive carcinogenic, and noncarcinogenic effects. MEPAS integrates risk computation components. Release, transport, dispersion, deposition, exposure, and uptake computations are linked in a single system for evaluation of air, surface water, ground water, and overland flow transport. MEPAS uses standard computation approaches. Whenever available and appropriate, US Environmental Protection Agency guidance and models were used to facilitate compatibility and acceptance. MEPAS is a computational tool that can be used at several phases of an environmental restoration effort. At a preliminary stage in problem characterization, potential problems can be prioritized. As more data become available, MEPAS can provide an estimate of baseline risks or evaluate environmental monitoring data. In the feasibility stage, MEPAS can compute risk from alternative remedies. However, MEPAS is not designed to replace a detailed risk assessment of the selected remedy. For major problems, it will be appropriate to use a more detailed, risk computation tool for a detailed, site-specific evaluation of the selected remedy. 15 refs., 2 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6026410
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-19899; CONF-910981-42; ON: DE92002742; TRN: 91-033242
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Environmental remediation '91 conference, Pasco, WA (United States), 8-11 Sep 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
REMEDIAL ACTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
M CODES
ACUTE EXPOSURE
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
CARCINOGENS
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEALTH HAZARDS
IMPLEMENTATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SCREENING
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
US SUPERFUND
COMPUTER CODES
HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
WASTES
WATER
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