Minimizing the risk of hazardous material transports

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6583941

Seiler, M C; Moghissi, A A ^[1]

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1. Institute for Regulatory Science, P.O. Box 7166, Alexandria, VA (US)

The selection of a particular route for the transport of hazardous materials places the population along that route at a certain level of risk. This paper discusses methods for reducing these risks. A two-pronged approach is taken: 1) to reduce the risk of certain scenarios occurring, and 2) to minimize and mitigate their consequences once they occur. The corresponding measures are discussed in the framework of cost-benefit and risk-trade-off evaluations. In the event of ties in the route selection process, a choice may be made on the basis of the risk reductions possible for each candidate route.

• OSTI ID: 6583941
• Report Number(s): CONF-880631-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 17
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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