Open AccessAn evaluation of the cost/benefits of concrete biodecontamination
Author(s) -
F.F. Gorschboth,
Hamilton
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/290805
Subject(s) - computer science , scarification , adaptation (eye) , emerging technologies , risk analysis (engineering) , artificial intelligence , business , botany , germination , physics , dormancy , optics , biology
Two candidate technologies for decontamination of extensive areas of radioactively contaminated concrete, a biological technology and electro-hydraulic scabbling, that had been rated as highly useful in an earlier study were assessed more precisely. These technologies were compared to a base technology, scarification. The evaluation method was an adaptation of the Multi-Attribute Utility Technique (MAUT), a formal quantitative approach for analyzing decisions with regard to multiple objectives. The advantages of the biodecontamination technology were confirmed by this more precise quantitative analysis