Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Statistical evaluation of population data for calculation of radioactive material transport accident risks

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Statistical evaluation of population data for calculation of radioactive material transport accident risks / G. Scott Mills and K. Sieglinde Neuhauser

This paper presents an applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools and data to a comparative study of a sample interstate highway route on 170 across the state of Missouri. Accident dose risks were calculated on the basis of two population models: population density within 1/2 mile of the route centerline for each kilometer of the route, and population density specific to each of 18 dispersion isopleths at 29 potential accident sites along four random wind directions. The two sets of dose risks were compared to ascertain the accuracy of the original, simplified model for calculation of total accident risk

En: Risk analysis : an international journal. - New York and London : Society for Risk Analysis. - Vol. 19, nº 4, Agosto, 1999 ; p. 613-619

1. Transporte de mercancías peligrosas . 2. Materiales radiactivos . 3. Accidentes mayores . 4. Dispersión atmosférica . 5. Métodos de evaluación . 6. Población . 7. Zonas urbanas . 8. Sistemas de Información Geográfica . I. Sieglinde Neuhauser, K. . II. Título.