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Environmental risk management for radiological accidents: Integrating risk assessment and decision analysis for remediation at different spatial scales
Author(s) -
Yatsalo Boris,
Sullivan Terrence,
Didenko Vladimir,
Linkov Igor
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
integrated environmental assessment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1551-3793
pISSN - 1551-3777
DOI - 10.1002/ieam.229
Subject(s) - radiological weapon , nuclear power plant , risk assessment , environmental remediation , environmental science , geospatial analysis , nuclear power , risk management , contaminated land , environmental planning , risk analysis (engineering) , radioactive contamination , contamination , environmental resource management , forensic engineering , engineering , business , computer science , geography , medicine , cartography , ecology , physics , computer security , finance , biology , nuclear physics , radiology
The consequences of the Tohuku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 caused a loss of power at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Japan, and led to the release of radioactive materials into the environment. Although the full extent of the contamination is not currently known, the highly complex nature of the environmental contamination (radionuclides in water, soil, and agricultural produce) typical of nuclear accidents requires a detailed geospatial analysis of information with the ability to extrapolate across different scales with applications to risk assessment models and decision making support. This article briefly summarizes the approach used to inform risk‐based land management and remediation decision making after the Chernobyl, Soviet Ukraine, accident in 1986. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2011;7:393–395. © 2011 SETAC