Hot Spot Calculator to Optimize Radiological Cleanup Decisions

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center. 09/2017 This 23-page document provides a novel tool for evaluating mechanical decontamination technologies and the associated resource demand required to remediate areas of elevated radioactive contamination identified by gamma-ray imaging technology. The tool was developed to help decision-makers better understand potential options for decontamination and the consequences those options may have on remediation efforts (i.e., systems approach). (PDF)
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