Risk Methodologies for Technological Legacies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 1-3

3. Unifying Risk Management and Analysis for Decision Makers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Complementary Risk Management: A Unified View for Decision Makers

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 7-28

4. Legacies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Radiation Legacy of the Soviet Nuclear Complex

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 31-57

   3. Status and Challenges of Managing Risks in the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Program

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 59-74

   4. Perception of Risk, Health, and Inequality

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 75-85

   5. Risk-Based Ranking Experiences for Cold War Legacy Facilities in the United States

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 87-105

   6. Cleanup of Radioactive Floating Refuse at Vromos Bay

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 107-121

   7. Integrated Accident Risk Analysis and Applications for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 123-148

   8. Environmental Radiation Dose Reconstruction for U.S. and Russian Weapons Production Facilities: Hanford and Mayak

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 149-182

   9. Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods of Accounting for Probabilistic and Deterministic Data Applied to Complex Systems

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 183-199

5. Analyses and Programs Applicable to Legacies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Environmental Risk Assessment of Installations and Sites Inherited from the Cold War Period in Bulgaria

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 203-210

   3. Radiation Factors Risk Assessment Within the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 211-230

   4. Psychological Aspects of Risk Assessment and Management

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 231-243

   5. Utilizing a Multimedia Approach for Risk Analysis of Environmental Systems

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 245-254

   6. Using Integrated Quantitative Risk Assessment to Optimise Safety in Chemical Installations

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 255-269

   7. Site-Specific Modification of Ground-Water Generic Criteria as Applied to a Contaminated Site

      • Dennis C. Bley, James G. Droppo, Vitaly A. Eremenko, Regina Lundgren

      Pages 271-289

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.

• Environmental Management
• environmental risk assessment
• management
• production
• quality
• risk analysis
• risk management
• safety
• quality control, reliability, safety and risk
• air pollution and air quality

• Buttonwood Consulting, Inc., Oakton, USA

  Dennis C. Bley

• Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

  James G. Droppo

• Department of Risk Analysis & Management, ICES, Moscow, Russia

  Vitaly A. Eremenko

• Kennewick, USA

  Regina Lundgren

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