The methodology develops an approach to valuing the resilience of U.S. Department of Energy sites. The approach uses fives steps: 1) Establish Baseline, 2) Assess Vulnerability and Risk, 3) Develop a Resilience Plan, 4) Undertake Cost/Benefit Analysis, and 5) Create Decision Portfolio. The five-step methodology was implemented on a Hanford site case study where two hazards were found to be at high risk. The site was found to be vulnerable to wildfire and to heat stress on worker safety. Insufficient data was available to perform an analysis of the wildfire risk. An assessment of heat stress on site outside workers was performed. The current mitigation strategies were found to significantly reduce the cost of work associated with heat stress from $229 million in the baseline to around $15-$30 million depending on the forecast baseline. Heating Ventilation and Air Condition was also studied even though the vulnerability assessment didn’t find the HVAC systems to be at risk. Our assessment validated the vulnerability assessment.
Revised: March 3, 2020 |
Published: January 31, 2018