Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a framework for evaluating these economic consequences to help policy makers understand the impacts of various cleanup standards.
PNNL's research indicates that a risk-based approach to the development and application of cleanup standards is necessary because cleanup costs overshadow other impacts.
Session: "Response to and Recovery from Radiological Dispersion Devices," The Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston
Contact: Andrea Turner, (509) 375-3893; andrea.turner@pnl.gov
PNNL ( www.pnl.gov ) is a federal laboratory that solves complex problems in energy, national security, the environment and life sciences by advancing the understanding of physics, chemistry, biology and computation. PNNL employs more than 4,000, has a $650 million annual budget, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965.