Integrating decontamination strategies into a waste estimation support tool for radiological incidents - 15284
- Eastern Research Group, Inc. Morrisville, NC 26560 (United States)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 (United States)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 (United States)
In the planning and preparedness stages for a response to a radiological incident, it is important to include waste management considerations when developing the decontamination/demolition/cleanup approach because waste management can be a driver for time and cost. An individualized type of strategy based on the occupancy of affected buildings may be an effective approach. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Waste Estimation Support Tool (WEST) is a novel application of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazus-MH software. WEST enables users to estimate the characteristics, amount, and residual radioactivity of waste generated from remediation and cleanup activities after a radiological incident, including incidents caused by radiological dispersal devices and improvised nuclear devices, as well as nuclear power plant accidents. This paper will describe the recently released update to WEST, which includes the ability to export the waste estimate results back into ArcGIS for further visualization. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22822802
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-15284
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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