Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS) application guidance

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

OSTI ID:6868770

Buck, J W; Hoopes, B L; Friedrichs, D R

The Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS) was developed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory for the US Department of Energy Office of Environment, Safety and Health. MEPAS is used to prioritize hazardous, radioactive, and mixed-waste sites, based on their potential hazard to public health. It is applicable to a wide range of environmental management and regulatory conditions. MEPAS employs a computer-assisted, simplified, contaminant-transport and exposure model. It incorporates an interactive shell program to assist the user in problem definition, data assembly and input, and report development. This manual is an introduction to MEPAS. It provides brief instructions for installing and running the computer programs and data bases on a desk-top personal computer. Detailed instructions for data entry and evaluation are provided in the MEPAS User's Guide. 26 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6868770
• Report Number(s): PNL-7136
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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