Toward a New Damage Assessment Architecture

Adapting Nuclear Effects Reporting for Comprehensive Disaster Support

John Y. Schrader, Joachim E. Scholz, Dana J. Johnson, Kenneth Saunders

ResearchPublished 1993

Damage assessments to support presidential decisions after a nuclear attack on the United States are based on processes and procedures developed in the mid 1960s. Although Cold War concerns about massive attack are outmoded, major disasters require a similar set of information for presidential and gubernatorial support of disaster relief operations. This analysis examines procedures, systems, and organizations that participate in disaster effects reporting and proposes a new architecture for reporting that would be more effective than existing procedures.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1993
  • Pages: 154
  • Document Number: R-4176-DNA

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Schrader, John Y., Joachim E. Scholz, Dana J. Johnson, and Kenneth Saunders, Toward a New Damage Assessment Architecture: Adapting Nuclear Effects Reporting for Comprehensive Disaster Support. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1993. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4176.html.
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