Risk Methodologies for Technological LegaciesDennis Bley, Vitaly A. Eremenko Springer Science & Business Media, 2003 M04 30 - 366 pages The Cold War Era left the major participants, the United States and the former Soviet Union (FSU), with large legacies in terms of both contamination and potential accidents. Facility contamination and environmental degradation, as well as the accident vulnerable facilities and equipment, are a result of weapons development, testing, and production. Although the countries face similar issues from similar activities, important differences in waste management practices make the potential environmental and health risks of more immediate concern in the FSU and Eastern Europe. In the West, most nuclear and chemical waste is stored in known contained locations, while in the East, much of the equivalent material is unconfined, contaminating the environment. In the past decade, the U.S. started to address and remediate these Cold War legacies. Costs have been very high, and the projected cost estimates for total cleanup are still increasing. Currently in Russia, the resources for starting such major activities continue to be unavailable. |
Contents
UNIFYING RISK MANAGEMENT AND RISK ANALYSIS | 5 |
2 | 7 |
2 | 13 |
4 | 20 |
LEGACIES | 29 |
3 | 43 |
4 | 53 |
Status and Challenges of Managing Risks in the U S Department | 59 |
Environmental Radiation Dose Reconstruction for U S and Russian | 149 |
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Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods of Accounting for Probabilistic | 183 |
ANALYSES AND PROGRAMS APPLICABLE TO LEGACIES | 201 |
Radiation Factors Risk Assessment Within the Chornobyl Nuclear Power | 211 |
Psychological Aspects of Risk Assessment and Management | 231 |
Utilizing a Multimedia Approach for Risk Analysis | 245 |
Using Integrated Quantitative Risk Assessment to Optimise Safety | 255 |
32 | 63 |
6 | 69 |
Perception of Risk Health and Inequality | 75 |
1 | 85 |
RiskBased Ranking Experiences for Cold War Legacy Facilities | 87 |
Pathways for multimedia risk assessment | 94 |
Cleanup of Radioactive Floating Refuse at Vromos Bay | 107 |
Integrated Accident Risk Analysis and Applications for the Disposal | 123 |
SiteSpecific Modification of GroundWater Generic Criteria as Applied | 271 |
FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 291 |
Where Are We Going? | 299 |
Appendix AProgramme from NATO Advanced Study Institute Risk | 309 |
Appendix BAcronyms and Abbreviations Used in Text | 319 |
Appendix CCross Cultural Guide to the Book | 325 |
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