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Emergency situations, both man-made and natural, can vary substantially, however, they do share the characteristic of sudden onset and the necessity for a coherent and effective emergency management. In the event of a nuclear or radiological accident in Europe, the real-time on-line decision support system RODOS provides support from the early phase through to the medium and long-term phases.
This paper describes the role of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in ensuring the transparency of decision processes within off-site emergency management. A moderated decision making workshop based on a hypothetical accident scenario focusing on the evaluation of long-term countermeasures using the RODOS system and MCDA methods is presented.
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Geldermann, J., Treitz, M., Bertsch, V., Rentz, O. (2005). Moderated Decision Support and Countermeasure Planning for Off-Site Emergency Management. In: Loulou, R., Waaub, JP., Zaccour, G. (eds) Energy and Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25352-1_3
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