Unit dose calculation methods and summary of facility effluent monitoring plan determinations
In accordance with the Westinghouse Hanford Company guidance document, WHC-EP-0438, all Hanford Site facilities were evaluated for the need to prepare a facility effluent monitoring plan. A facility effluent monitoring plan determination was performed for 138 individual Westinghouse Hanford facilities (including auxiliary and operations support buildings). Twenty-four individual facilities require an actual facility effluent monitoring plan (FEMP) and are documented in 15 reports. The determinations and the subsequent preparation of actual facility effluent monitoring plans will identify deficiencies and aid in achieving compliance with the US Department of Energy orders and Clean Air Act of 1977 final rule on National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for radionuclides (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61, Subpart H, US Environmental Protection Agency). Pacific Northwest Laboratories (PNL) was contracted to provide dose conversion factors, for both airborne and liquid pathways, for all Hanford facilities. Atmospheric releases were modeled using the CAP-88 (Beres 1990) EPA approved code package, and confirming calculations were performed with the GENII (Napier et. al 1988) code as required by the Hanford Environmental Dose Overview Panel. The liquid releases were modeled using the GENII package, specific to Hanford, and the offsite dose is determined to be what is discharged directly to the Columbia River. Liquid effluent releases are described in the FEMP determinations and actual FEMPs and were compared to the drinking water standards and DOE Order 5400.5, which requires monitoring if radionuclide constituents exist in the liquid discharges.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 5844042
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-EP-0498; ON: DE92008593
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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