Resource handbook on transportation risk assessment.

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2003 · RAMTRANS

OSTI ID:961231

Chen, S Y; Biwer, B M; Monette, F A; SNL,; BAPL,; USOE,

This resource handbook contains useful information to streamline radioactive material transportation risk assessments for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs. Streamlining refers to instituting steps that can increase the efficiency of future assessments, reduce costs, and promote increased quality and consistency across the DOE complex. This handbook takes advantage of the wealth of information developed through decades of DOE's NEPA experience. It contains a review of historical assessments; a description of comprehensive and generally acceptable transportation risk assessment methodology (i.e., models); and a compilation of supporting data, parameters, and generally accepted assumptions. This handbook also includes a discussion paper that addresses cumulative impacts (Appendix A). The discussion paper illustrates the evolving and sometimes unresolved issues encountered in transportation risk assessment. Other topics, such as sabotage, environmental justice, and human factors, may be addressed in the future. This resource document was developed as the first primary reference book providing useful information for conducting transportation risk assessments for radioactive material in the NEPA context.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: EM; AL
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 961231
• Report Number(s): ANL/EA/JA-45576
• Journal Information: RAMTRANS, Journal Name: RAMTRANS Journal Issue: 1 ; 2003 Vol. 14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
MANUALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REVIEWS
RISK ASSESSMENT
TRANSPORT
US DOE
US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT