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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Potential impacts of accelerated climate change

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal

Leung LR, Vail LW
2016

This research project is part of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA) research plan in support of developing a risk-informed licensing framework for flood hazards and design standards at proposed new facilities and significance determination tools for evaluating potential deficiencies related to flood protection at operating facilities. The PFHA plan aims to build upon recent advances in deterministic, probabilistic, and statistical modeling of extreme precipitation events to develop regulatory tools and guidance for NRC staff with regard to PFHA for nuclear facilities. The tools and guidance developed under the PFHA plan will support and enhance the NRC’s capacity to perform thorough and efficient reviews of license applications and license amendment requests. They will also support risk-informed significance determination of inspection findings, unusual events, and other oversight activities.

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    Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Meteorological Factor, Precipitation, Sea Level Rise, Temperature
    • Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Meteorological Factor, Precipitation, Sea Level Rise, Temperature: Heat
    United States
    General Health Impact
    Exposure Change Prediction
    Near-Term (<1 year), Inter-Annual (1-10 years), Long-Term (>10 years)
    Assessment/Book/Report
    Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)
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