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Research Needs Statements

The Hazmat Transportation Committee has developed a number of Research Needs Statements (RNS). Click for a complete list of those that have been vetted by the committee and added to the TRB RNS Database. These research needs are designed to inform research program planning for a wide variety of audiences, including but not limited to the Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP), the National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP), government agencies, academic research programs, and others.

This page is intended to facilitate discussion by the Committee members and friends on proposed additions or changes to the proposed research needs.
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Environmental Hazard Assessment System

posted Nov 22, 2009 7:26 PM by Mark Lepofsky

Recent discussion of this existing research need statement suggested that existing research on clean-up cost modeling be referenced and incorporated into the research and that several products be used to illustrate how the resulting system would work.

| Attachments: Draft Revised RNS - Environmental Hazard Assessment System.docx

Hazmat Transportation Emergency Response Guidelines

posted Nov 22, 2009 7:10 PM by Mark Lepofsky

This is a proposed revision to the existing research need statement, which is believed to be too ambitious for an initial project. The research needs has been broken into two Phases, with Phase I -- to develop a roadmap to the full guidance document -- being the focus of the current need.

| Attachments: Draft Revised RNS - Hazmat ER Guidelines.docx

Improved Methods for Categorizing Hazmat and their Associated Spill Impacts

posted Nov 21, 2009 6:37 PM by Mark Lepofsky

This was originally submitted by Babatunde Anifowose.

| Attachments: TRB Conf. Call contribution 28.05.2009.doc

Sabotage Consequence from Attack on Spent Nuclear Fuel Packages

posted Nov 21, 2009 6:35 PM by Mark Lepofsky

Originally submitted by Ken Sorenson.

| Attachments: TRB_SabotageonSNFPkgsRev1 awt.doc

Integration of Safety and Security in Hazmat Risk Ranking

posted Nov 21, 2009 6:30 PM by Mark Lepofsky   [ updated Nov 21, 2009 6:34 PM ]

Combining Safety and Security Assessments to Integrate Risk Ranking for Transport of Hazardous MaterialsCombining Safety and Security Assessments to Integrate Risk Ranking for Transport of Hazardous Materials, originally submitted by Ken Sorenson.

| Attachments: TRB_IntegrationofSafetyandSecurity-glawt.doc

Effectiveness of various hazmat employee training strategies

posted Nov 21, 2009 5:52 PM by Mark Lepofsky   [ updated Nov 21, 2009 6:19 PM ]

This was originally proposed by Haldis Fearn. The initial research proposal is included in the attachment.

| Attachments: Effectiveness of Hazmat Employee Training.doc

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