Improving transportation of hazardous materials through risk assessment and routing

K. David Pijawka, Steve Foote, Andy Soesilo, Raymond D. Scanlon, E J Cantilli

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1985 · 10 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The 5 papers in this report deal with the following areas: risk assessment of transporting hazardous material: route analysis and hazard management; assessing the risk and safety in the transportation of hazardous materials; economic evaluation of routing strategies for hazardous road shipments; routing models for the transportation of hazardous materials--state-level enhancements and modifications; and cost-effectiveness analysis of transportation strategies for nuclear waste repository sites.