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Relative consequences of transporting hazardous materials [electronic resource].

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Albuquerque, N.M. : Sandia National Laboratories, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 8 : digital, PDF file
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Sandia National Laboratories and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
The objective of this paper is to discuss methods under study at Transportation Technology Center to develop a perspective on how technical measures of hazard and risk relate to perception of hazards, harm, and risks associated with transporting hazardous materials. This paper is concerned with two major aspects of the relative hazards problem. The first aspect is the analyses of the possible effects associated with exposure to hazardous materials as contained in the following two parts: outlines of possible problems and controversies that could be encountered in the evaluation and comparisons of hazards and risks; and description of the various measures of harm (hazards or dangers) and subsequent comparisons thereof. The second aspect of this paper leads into a presentation of the results of a study which had the following purposes: to develop analytical techniques for a consistent treatment of the phenomenology of the consequences of a release of hazardous materials; to reduce the number of variables in the consequence analyses by development of transportation accident scenarios which have the same meteorological conditions, demography, traffic and population densities, geographical features and other appropriate conditions and to develop consistent methods for presenting the results of studies and analyses that describe the phenomenology and compare hazards. The results of the study are intended to provide a bridge between analytical certainty and perception of the hazards involved. Understanding the differences in perception of hazards resulting from transport of various hazardous materials is fraught with difficulties in isolating the qualitative and quantitative features of the problem. By relating the quantitative impacts of material hazards under identical conditions, it is hoped that the perceived differences in material hazards can be delineated and evaluated.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:sand-80-0901c
E 1.99: conf-801115-27
conf-801115-27
sand-80-0901c
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1980.
"sand-80-0901c"
" conf-801115-27"
6. international symposium on packaging and transporting radioactive material, Berlin, F.R. Germany, 10 Nov 1980.
Fullwood, R.R.; Simmons, J.A.; Reese, R.T.; Rhyne, W.R.
Funding Information:
AC04-76DP00789
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