Preliminary Results of a Risk Assessment Study for Uranium Contamination in Central Portugal

Batista, Maria João; Martins, Luís Plácido

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8489-8_4

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“…In granites of the Centre of Portugal, uranium mineralizations are known since the early 20th century and several deposits were extracted for radium and uranium production. The mining and milling works of radioactive ores originated a large amount of residues accumulated in spoil heaps and tailings piles (Batista et al, 2005). These solid residues contain high concentrations of radionuclides belonging mainly to the uranium decay series .…”

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Radionuclides from past uranium mining in rivers of Portugal

Carvalho¹,

Oliveira²,

Lopes³

et al. 2007

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Radionuclides from past uranium mining in rivers of Portugal

Carvalho¹,

Oliveira²,

Lopes³

et al. 2007

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…This shift in conceptualization has helped shape risk assessments and provided a means to account for the complex interaction of hazards caused by natural, societal, and technological events (Cutter and Solecki 1989;Cutter 1996). Examples of evolving hazard integration approaches are evident in research using spatial tools for loss estimation, planning and mitigation purposes (Batista et al 2004;Fleischhauer et al 2005;Greiving et al 2006;Schmidt-Thome 2006;Tate et al 2011;Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2009a). The Patterns of Risk using an Integrated Spatial Multi-Hazard (PRISM) approach tackles the challenge of providing a multi-hazard risk assessment across multiple spatial and temporal scales while also retaining a more integrative assessment of risk (Buck et al 2019).…”

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“…Hazard exposure calculations for 4 technological hazard types used in original PRISM method(Batista et al 2004; USNRC 2014).…”

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Application of a multi-hazard risk assessment for local planning

Buck

Summers

2020

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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Multi-hazard assessments are increasingly vital to communities as exposures continue to change. Their data can provide a nuanced understanding of hazard interactions and their contribution to risk reduction. In previous work, the Patterns of Risk using an Integrated Spatial Multi-Hazard (PRISM) approach produces composite measures of vulnerability and risk at the county level for this purpose. The approach has the flexibility to be applied at a local level to benefit hazard vulnerability assessments and community sustainability planning activities. In this article, we use U.S. census tracts as proxy for neighbourhoods for a localized PRISM approach. The goal is to demonstrate the applicability of the PRISM approach at the community level and identify vulnerabilities in social, cultural, economic, and built systems for use in comparative analyses and mitigation planning. Exposure estimates are created using spatial extents and modelled data from 12 natural and 4 technological hazards. Land area, population counts, and property values are used to estimate vulnerability. National patterns of exposure, vulnerability, and risk reveal distinct regional trends that point to the importance of how impacts are defined. Eight case study examples demonstrate how the data can be analyzed to compare drivers of community vulnerability and risk.

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Preliminary Results of a Risk Assessment Study for Uranium Contamination in Central Portugal

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Radionuclides from past uranium mining in rivers of Portugal

Radionuclides from past uranium mining in rivers of Portugal

Application of a multi-hazard risk assessment for local planning

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