The potential consequences and risks of highway accidents involving gamma-emitting low specific activity (LSA) waste

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6056411· OSTI ID:6056411

Ostmeyer, R. M.; Finley, N. C.; Cashwell, J. W.; McClure, J. D.

This report documents an analysis of the potential risks and consequences of highway accidents that lead to the release of gamma-emitting low specific activity (LSA) materials from their packagings. Of particular concern is LSA waste with a specific activity level near the existing regulatory limit. The results of the analysis are intended primarily to provide a basis for evaluating limits on the quantity of radionuclides that can be contained in a single LSA waste shipment. 81 refs., 39 figs., 52 tabs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6056411
• Report Number(s): SAND-87-2808; TTC-0768; ON: DE89001908
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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