Date of Award
12-1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Systems Engineering
Abstract
Environmental restoration is an area of concern in an environmentally conscious world. Much effort is required to clean up the environment and promote environmentally sound methods for managing current land use. In light of the public consciousness with the latter topic, the United States Air Force must also take an active role in addressing these environmental issues with respect to current and future USAF base land use. This thesis uses the systems engineering technique to assess human health risks and to evaluate risk management options with respect to depleted uranium contamination in the sampled region of Test Area (TA) C-64 at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB). The research combines the disciplines of environmental data collection, DU soil concentration distribution modeling, ground water modeling, particle resuspension modeling, exposure assessment, health hazard assessment, and uncertainty analysis to characterize the test area. These disciplines are required to quantify current and future health risks, as well as to recommend cost effective ways to increase confidence in health risk assessment and remediation options.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GSE-ENY-94D-1
DTIC Accession Number
ADA289257
Recommended Citation
Carter, Charles M.; Fortmann, Kristina M.; Hill, Stephen W.; Latin, Robert M.; Masterson, Edward J.; Roh, Joseph A.; and Setlur, Sujay R., "A Systems Engineering Approach to Environmental Risk Management: A Case Study of Depleted Uranium at Test Area C-64, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida" (1994). Theses and Dissertations. 6467.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6467
Included in
Risk Analysis Commons, Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Commons
Comments
The authors' Vita pages are omitted.
Co-authored thesis.