Regional Shelter Analysis: Inhalation Exposure Methodology
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
During normal operations, buildings can protect their occupants from outdoor hazards, including airborne pollutants. Purposeful sheltering increases this protection. A longterm international research effort has advanced our knowledge of building protection physics. However, an operationally efficient, regional-scale methodology to account for US building protection effects is not available. Such a method is necessary because (a) the overwhelming majority of the US population is indoors at any given time and (b) a regional-level building protection methodology could better estimate populations truly at risk in emergencies, support improved decision-making (shelter vs. evacuation decisions), help guide resources towards those most at risk, and improve population level dose-response relationships, which are often derived by estimating ambient (outdoor) exposures and then tuning dose-response relationship parameters to best match the distribution of illness reports.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1569167
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL--TR-786042; 962693
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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