Environmental Risk Analysis, Indo-U.S. Workshop, New Delhi, India, December 11-15,1989, Group Travel Award in Indian Currency

描述：该项目支持17名美国科学家参加将于1989年12月11日至15日在新德里印度理工学院举行的美印环境风险分析研讨会。讲习班的目标包括：审查与化学工业和石油工业大量使用危险材料有关的风险评估和应急准备的最新方法；改进处理工程故障、健康影响和扩散模型的风险评估的量化方面；制定与涉及有毒/易燃材料的事故有关的应急准备战略。预计将完成向各用户机构转让知识。四次技术会议将讨论：风险评估的工程方面；风险评估的健康影响方面；有毒空气污染物在扩散模拟和风险管理方面的转移和去向。印度联合主任是新德里印度理工学院(IIT)大气科学中心主任M.P.Singh博士。范围：这一专题举办研讨会的想法是1987年10月在信息技术研究所德里举行的风险评估技术和管理研讨会的建议之一。这一想法后来在1987年11月的会议上得到了印度-美国科学和技术小组委员会的支持。这个话题显然对美国等高度工业化的国家以及印度等人口众多、工业不断增长的国家非常感兴趣，博帕尔、切尔诺贝利和墨西哥城的事件就是明证。研讨会可能会为预防重大灾害和处理事故后情况的决策提供更好的科学依据。该研讨会可能会让美国和印度的科学家受益

Description: This project supports participation by 17 U.S. scientists in a U.S.-India workshop on enviromental risk analysis to be held at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, December 11-15, 1989. The objectives of the workshop include: review of the state-of-the-art methods in risk assessment and emergency preparedness related to the use of hazardous materials in large quantities by the chemical and petroleum industries; improve quantification aspects of risk assessment dealing with engineering failures, health effects and dispersion modeling; and develop strategies for emergency preparedness related to accidents involving toxic/inflammable materials. It is expected that a transfer of knowledge to various user agencies will be accomplished. Four technical sessions will deal with: engineering aspects of risk assessment; health effects aspects of risk assessment; transfer and fate of toxic air pollutants vis-a-vis dispersion modeling and risk management. The Indian co-director is Dr. M.P. Singh, Head, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT), New Delhi. Scope: The idea of this topic for a workshop was one of the recommendations of a workshop on risk assessment techniques and management held at IIT Delhi in October 1987. The idea was later endorsed by the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Science and Technology in its November 1987 meeting. The topic is clearly of great interest to heavily industrialized countries such as the U.S. and also to countries with large populations and increasing industries such as India as evidenced by the incidents in Bhopal, Chernobyl and Mexico City. The workshop is likely to provide better scientific basis for decision-making to prevent major disasters and to deal with situations after accidents. The workshop is likely to benefit scientists in the U.S. and India