Use of Risk Assessment Methods in the Certification of Decontaminated Buildings

Fritz A. Seiler, Herbert T. Davis, John R. Kominsky, Richard J. Ronan and Christopher D. Kowka

Risk Analysis, 1987, vol. 7, issue 4, 487-495

Abstract: Accidental events such as fires, explosions, and leaks often result in large‐scale contaminations of buildings with toxic chemicals. After decontamination, the certification for original use requires testing for residual contamination. The two basic kinds of sampling plans in use up to recently both fall short of the required performance. Their deficiencies are analyzed in terms of the scientific questions implicit in both the sampling plan and the subsequent statistical evaluation. A sampling strategy of a new kind is proposed and discussed in the same context. It is motivated by concern for the long‐term safety of the building's occupants and is, therefore, based on factors important in risk assessment. Three different sampling plans are derived in the framework of this methodology, two of which have already been used in actual certification proceedings.

Date: 1987
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