Technical assistance for regulatory development: review and evaluation of the draft EPA standard 40CFR191 for disposal of high-level waste. Volumes 5 and 6
Simple models are presented for the estimation of individual and population health effects for long-term radionuclide releases to the surface environment. In Volume 5, models based on the use of asymptotic solutions to mixed cell models in conjunction with appropriate usage rates, dose factors, risk factors, and population estimates are demonstrated. These simple models may be useful in evaluating topics such as the potential importance of individual radionuclides, different release patterns or exposure pathways, and the relationship between individual and population exposures. Illustrative model calculations are compared with the calculated population exposures on which the Draft (No. 19) EPA Standard 40CFR191 is based. In Volume 6, simple models are employed to provide insights into the degree of conservatism in the health effects per curie value presented by the draft standard. No attempt is made to encompass all uncertainty in the input parameters use in the calculations, and some of the modeling assumptions used in this analysis are different from those of the EPA. Three sets of calculations of health effects (cancer deaths) per curie release are presented and discussed in terms of their potential implications upon the curie release limits of the EPA draft standard. Individual volumes are indexed.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6171407
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-3235-Vols.5-6; SAND-82-1557-Vols.5-6; ON: DE83012241
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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