Environment, Safety, and Health Risk Assessment Program (ESHRAP)

Eide, Steven Arvid ; Wierman, Thomas

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Environmental Impact Statements;    Storage;    Waste Management;    Decision Making;    Processing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/910980
RP-ID  :  INEEL/EXT-02-00181
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-99ID-13727
RP-ID  :  910980

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Environment, Safety and Health Risk Assessment Program (ESHRAP) models human safety and health risk resulting from waste management and environmental restoration activities. Human safety and health risks include those associated with storing, handling, processing, transporting, and disposing of radionuclides and chemicals. Exposures to these materials, resulting from both accidents and normal, incident-free operation, are modeled. In addition, standard industrial risks (falls, explosions, transportation accidents, etc.) are evaluated. Finally, human safety and health impacts from cleanup of accidental releases of radionuclides and chemicals to the environment are estimated. Unlike environmental impact statements and safety analysis reports, ESHRAP risk predictions are meant to be best estimate, rather than bounding or conservatively high. Typically, ESHRAP studies involve risk predictions covering the entire waste management or environmental restoration program, including such activities as initial storage, handling, processing, interim storage, transportation, and final disposal. ESHRAP can be used to support complex environmental decision-making processes and to track risk reduction as activities progress.