Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Climate Resiliency Planning Process and Lessons Learned

Fowler, Kimberly M.; Judd, Kathleen S.; Brandenberger, Jill M.

doi:10.2172/1242341

Title: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Climate Resiliency Planning Process and Lessons Learned

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Abstract

In 2015, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed its first Climate Resilience Plan for its Richland Campus. PNNL has performed Climate Resilience Planning for the Department of Defense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Department of Energy (DOE) over the past 5 years. The assessment team included climate scientists, social scientists, engineers, and operations managers. A multi-disciplinary team was needed to understand the potential exposures to future changes at the site, the state of the science on future impacts, and the best process for “mainstreaming” new actions into existing activities. The team uncovered that the site’s greatest vulnerabilities, and therefore priorities for climate resilience planning, are high temperature due to degraded infrastructure, increased wildfire frequency, and intense precipitation impacts on stormwater conveyance systems.

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Fowler, Kimberly M. ^[1]; Judd, Kathleen S. ^[1]; Brandenberger, Jill M. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1242341

Report Number(s):: PNNL-25162
HU1002000

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; climate change; sustainability; PNNL

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                    Fowler, Kimberly M., Judd, Kathleen S., and Brandenberger, Jill M. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Climate Resiliency Planning Process and Lessons Learned.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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