BICRITERION ROUTING SCHEME FOR NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION

A new approach has been formulated to consider both cost and population at risk in hazardous material transportation. The approach involves the use of bicriterion path-finding methodology that minimizes the distance traversed and population at risk within a fixed-band width along the path. Examples using U.S. Interstate highway network and population information from the 1980 U.S. census are presented. Preliminary results indicate that the minimum distance path is significantly different from minimum population within a fixed-band width path. In addition, the minimum population paths are sensitive to the width of the band along the path. Finally, the trade-off between cost and risk varies significantly among alternative storage sites. This new approach provides decision makers with an efficient method of generating alternatives that completely describe the best options available. By combining sophisticated algorithms with graphical representation of the network, the methodology allows the trade-offs among noninferior paths to be understood more quickly and more fully.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1245, Transportation of Hazardous Materials 1989. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Chin, Shih-Miao
  • Cheng, Paul Der-Ming
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 60-64
• Monograph Title: Transportation of hazardous materials 1989
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1245
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Alternatives analysis; Costs; Decision making; Graphics; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Highway transportation; Methodology; Minimization; Population; Radioactive waste disposal; Risk assessment; Routing; Spent reactor fuels; Trip length; Waste disposal facilities
• Uncontrolled Terms: Graphical analysis
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495490
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309049679
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM