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Accurate estimates of evacuation clearance times are required by various regulatory agencies for all kinds of hazardous threats, including radiological emergencies. As a component of the evacuation time, trip generation times are especially essential for the accuracy of the overall evacuation time for radiological emergencies. This is because biggest fraction of the radiological emergency evacuation time is trip generation time. This study attempted to quantify the trip generation time for a specific nuclear plant site using a telephone survey and supplemental behavior data from chemical spill emergencies. By breaking down trip generation time to notification time and mobilization time, this study was able to analyze the time required to complete different evacuation activities. Depending on nature of the relevant activities, either sequential or parallel, the trip generation time combining notification and mobilization time for different population groups are determined. The trip generation times presented in this paper offer useful information as reference for similar studies. The study approach outlined in this paper provides detailed and easy-to-follow guidelines for practitioners to develop a radiological emergency evacuation trip generation model.

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09-2264

English

19p

2009

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (7) ; References (41) ; Tables (1)

Chemical spills; Disaster preparedness; Evacuation; Hazards and emergency operations; Public transit; Safety; Systems analysis; Transit operating agencies; Trip generation

Radiological attacks

Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-2264

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 2009 6:37PM