Generic Quantitative Risk Assessment
Glossary of common terms used in the management of land contamination, published on the Planning Portal, defines a Generic Quantitative Risk Assessment (GQRA) as a: ‘Risk assessment carried out using generic assumptions to estimate risk or to develop generic assessment criteria.’
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