TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

In its Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), the Office of Environmental Management (EM) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a broad range of alternatives for the future management of radioactive and hazardous waste at the facilities of the DOE complex. The alternatives involve facilities to be used for treatment, storage, and disposal of various wastes generated from DOE's environmental restoration activities and waste management operation. Included in the evaluation are six types of waste, 49 sites, and numerous cases associated with each alternative for waste management. In general, the alternatives are evaluated independently for each type of waste and reflect decentralized, regionalized, and centralized approaches. The transportation risk assessment performed for the EM PEIS is designed to ensure that relative comparisons of risk among the various alternatives are meaningful and consistent.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transportation Management Annual Workshop, Rockville, MD, 8-11 Aug 1994. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439
• Authors:
  • Chen, S Y
  • Monette, F A
  • Biwer, B M
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impact statements; Hazardous materials; Radioactive wastes; Risk assessment; Transportation; Waste management
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00712895
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANL-EA-CP-83717, Conf-9408124-6
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 23 1995 12:00AM