ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH

The Laboratory's involvement in environmental assessment and research began in 1972 and continued for two decades. Core support was provided by the State of Maryland Power Plant Siting Program. The work involved a wide range of disciplines including air-quality transport modeling, aquatic toxicology and fisheries dynamics, chemistry of aquatic and air pollutants, electromagnetic field effects. cooling-tower plume dynamics, groundwater transport modeling, radiological safety, noise pollution. waste-disposal technology, environmental regulatory law, and socioeconomics. The efforts provided a sound basis for the resolution of many environmental issues and contributed substantial fundamental knowledge in several disciplines.