Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS) application guidance

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6583798

Droppo, Jr, J G; Strenge, D L; Buck, J W; Hoopes, B L; Brockhaus, R D; Walter, M B; Whelan, G

This is Volume 2 of a two-volume set of documents that instructs investigators in the use and application of the Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS). MEPAS was developed as a screening tool that evaluates human health impacts. It uses mathematical algorithms to simulate contaminant release, transport, and exposure. MEPAS is designed to consider both hazardous and radioactive releases from either active or inactive sites. These volumes explain the methodology behind the MEPAS model and instruct the user how to input, retrieve, and evaluate data. This volume gives guidelines for evaluating the input parameters required to conduct an analysis with MEPAS. Volume 1 is a user's guide that provides step-by-step instructions for operating MEPAS at a site.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6583798
• Report Number(s): PNL-7216-Vol.2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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