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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818772303321

Autore

Brose Dominic A.

Titolo

Best practices for risk-informed decision making regarding contaminated sites : summary of a workshop series / / National Research Council (U.S.) ; Dominic Brose, rapporteur, Jennifer A. Heimberg, rapporteur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-309-30308-7

0-309-30306-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

614.7

Soggetti

Environmental health - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgement of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction and Overview""; ""Volume I: Workshop 1 Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Challenges to Regulatory Flexibility and Risk-Informed Decision Making""; ""3 Holistic Approaches to Remediation""; ""4 Incorporating Sustainability into Decision Making for Site Remediation""; ""References""; ""Volume II: Workshop 2 Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 Using Risk to Inform Decisions""; ""3 Approaches to Assessment""; ""4 Monitoring""; ""5 Best Practices""

""6 Summary of the Workshop Series Goals""""References""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Biographies of Planning Committee and Staff""; ""Appendix C: Workshop 1 Agenda""; ""Appendix D: Workshop 1 Speaker Biographies""; ""Appendix E: Workshop 2 Agenda""; ""Appendix F: Workshop 2 Speaker Biographies""; ""Appendix G: Participant List""; ""Appendix H: Acronyms""

Sommario/riassunto

"The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management's (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While many of these legacy sites have completed cleanup, the largest



and most complex sites have not been fully re-mediated. The cleanup of these sites is proceeding under legally enforceable agreements with timelines for hundreds of milestones. EM is reviewing alternative approaches to increase effectiveness and improve cost efficiencies of its cleanup activities, especially for sites that will have residual contamination when active cleanup is complete. This report is the summary of two workshops convened in October 2013 and January 2014 on best practices for risk-informed remedy selection, closure, and post-closure control of radioactive and chemically contaminated sites that present significant difficulty for remediation to unrestricted release. The workshop series aimed to explore best practices that promote effective, risk-informed decision making and future opportunities to improve remediation approaches and practices. In the Workshop #1 section of Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites, the report examines holistic approaches for re-mediating sites with multiple contaminant sources and post-closure uses, and approaches for incorporating a sustainability framework into decision making regarding site remediation, closure, and post-closure control. In Workshop #2, the report focuses on post-closure controls, assessment of long-term performance of site remedies, and best practices for risk-based remediation decisions."--Publisher's description.