A Route-Specific System for Risk Assessment of Radioactive Materials Transportation Accidents

Moore, J.E.; Sandquist, G.M.; Slaughter, D.M.

doi:10.13182/nt95-a15852

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“…Li and Eglese (1996) used a GIS to devise an heuristic algorithm to optimize winter salting routes with respect to minimizing the distance travelled and treated by gritters within the temporal framework of the time roads need to be treated. Similar ideas are utilized by Moore et al (1995) and Patel and Horowitz (1994) who use GIS to develop optimal and specific routing for radioactive and hazardous materials. This is achieved by combining spatial information of meteorology, demography and dispersion (i.e., wind-speed, toxicity and size of spill) with vector road data.…”

Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology

Chapman

Thornes

2003

prog phys geogr

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The proliferation of 'commercial off-the-shelf' geographical information systems into the scientific community has resulted in the widespread use of spatial climate data in a variety of applications. This paper presents a review of the role of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology by (i) discussing methods used to derive and refine spatial climate data and (ii) reviewing the bespoke application of GIS and spatial climate datasets in agriculture, ecology, forestry, health and disease, weather forecasting, hydrology, transport, urban environments, energy and climate change.

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Section: Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology

Chapman

Thornes

2003

prog phys geogr

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“…For this reason, the transport of dangerous goods is a permanent source of threats, not only to human life and health but also to other biotic components of the environment [1,2]. Researchers' attention in the field of specifics and risks of transport of dangerous goods (DG) in terms of basic physical properties and state of the commodity is most frequently divided into three main areas-transport of hazardous liquids [3][4][5], transport of hazardous gases (HG) [6,7] and transport of radioactive material [8,9]. Research in each of these areas is highly specific.…”

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Environmental Impact Modeling for Transportation of Hazardous Liquids

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Modeling the effects of leakage in the transport of hazardous liquids is a highly topical issue, not only in the field of environmental engineering. This article’s introduction presents relevant information and statistical sources, analyzes selected scientific and professional publications, and characterizes the results of selected research projects. The applied approaches, methods, and results of our research specify the processes of developing and testing a theoretical model of spreading the impacts of leakage of hazardous liquids on biological components of the environment. The proposed model for predicting the environmental impacts of hazardous liquid (HL) leakage during transport is a crucial risk management tool in the planning of transport of dangerous goods. It also enables the creation of comprehensive information systems that monitor the transport unit in real-time, indicate the presence of significant habitats along the transport route, and draw attention to possible threats, in particular to the health and lives of people and the environment. The main result of the presented research is the application of a computational model for determining the parameters of the dangerous zone in case of HL leakage and its graphical plotting along the transport route, estimating the probability of impacting the selected place by leaking HL. The model application results are presented in the form of calculated frequency of impacting the set of points in the vicinity of the HL transport route. Defined standardized frequencies of HL infiltration above a specified limit in liters per square meter in the event of leakage of the entire volume of HL from a road tanker (leaked volume of 30 m3) form the basic set of information for creating relevant risk maps near busy traffic routes and subsequent selection of ecologically and spatially optimal routes.

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“…Numerous researchers have studied risk-related hazardous materials routing from a theoretical perspective, including Batta and Chiu (1988), Miller-Hooks and Mahmassani (1998), Erkut and Ingolfsson (2000), and Leonelli et al (2000). From an applied perspective, highway rerouting has also been studied extensively (Harwood et al, 1993;Glickman and Sontag, 1995;Cassini, 1998), whereas rail rerouting has received less atten-tion and been studied primarily as an applied research problem (Glickman, 1983;McNeil, 1991;Moore et al, 1995) or as a policy issue (Glickman, 1990;U.S. Department of Energy, 1998).…”

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The cost and risk impacts of rerouting railroad shipments of hazardous materials

Glickman

Erkut

Zschocke

2007

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Rail shipments of hazardous materials expose the population near the routes to the possibility of an accident resulting in a spill. Rail routes are determined by economic concerns such as route length and the revenue generated for the originating carrier. In this paper we consider an alternate routing strategy that takes accident risks into account. We employ a model to quantify rail transport risk and then use a weighted combination of cost and risk and generate alternate routes. In some cases the alternate routes achieve significantly lower risk values than the practical routes at a small incremental cost. While there are generally fewer rerouting alternatives for rail than for road transport, considering the possible consequences of a train derailment we argue that risk should be taken into account when selecting rail routes and that the cost-risk tradeoffs should be evaluated.

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A Route-Specific System for Risk Assessment of Radioactive Materials Transportation Accidents

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology

The use of geographical information systems in climatology and meteorology

Environmental Impact Modeling for Transportation of Hazardous Liquids

The cost and risk impacts of rerouting railroad shipments of hazardous materials

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