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Title: Verification of EPA's ''Preliminary Remediation Goals for radionuclides'' (PRG) electronic calculator

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested an external, independent verification study of their updated “Preliminary Remediation Goals for Radionuclides” (PRG) electronic calculator. The calculator provides PRGs for radionuclides that are used as a screening tool at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites. These risk-based PRGs establish concentration limits under specific exposure scenarios. The purpose of this verification study is to determine that the calculator has no inherit numerical problems with obtaining solutions as well as to ensure that the equations are programmed correctly. There are 167 equations used in the calculator. To verify the calculator, all equations for each of seven receptor types (resident, construction worker, outdoor and indoor worker, recreator, farmer, and composite worker) were hand calculated using the default parameters. The same four radionuclides (Am-241, Co-60, H-3, and Pu-238) were used for each calculation for consistency throughout.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1214184
Report Number(s):
SRNL-STI-2015-00443
TRN: US1500890
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-08SR22470
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CALCULATORS; US EPA; COBALT 60; PLUTONIUM 238; AMERICIUM 241; TRITIUM; VERIFICATION; REMEDIAL ACTION; US SUPERFUND; EQUATIONS; PERSONNEL; LIMITING VALUES; PROGRAMMING; ACCURACY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS; ABUNDANCE; HAZARDS

Citation Formats

Jannik, Tim, and Stagich, Brooke. Verification of EPA's ''Preliminary Remediation Goals for radionuclides'' (PRG) electronic calculator. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1214184.
Jannik, Tim, & Stagich, Brooke. Verification of EPA's ''Preliminary Remediation Goals for radionuclides'' (PRG) electronic calculator. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1214184
Jannik, Tim, and Stagich, Brooke. 2015. "Verification of EPA's ''Preliminary Remediation Goals for radionuclides'' (PRG) electronic calculator". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1214184. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214184.
@article{osti_1214184,
title = {Verification of EPA's ''Preliminary Remediation Goals for radionuclides'' (PRG) electronic calculator},
author = {Jannik, Tim and Stagich, Brooke},
abstractNote = {The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested an external, independent verification study of their updated “Preliminary Remediation Goals for Radionuclides” (PRG) electronic calculator. The calculator provides PRGs for radionuclides that are used as a screening tool at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites. These risk-based PRGs establish concentration limits under specific exposure scenarios. The purpose of this verification study is to determine that the calculator has no inherit numerical problems with obtaining solutions as well as to ensure that the equations are programmed correctly. There are 167 equations used in the calculator. To verify the calculator, all equations for each of seven receptor types (resident, construction worker, outdoor and indoor worker, recreator, farmer, and composite worker) were hand calculated using the default parameters. The same four radionuclides (Am-241, Co-60, H-3, and Pu-238) were used for each calculation for consistency throughout.},
doi = {10.2172/1214184},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1214184}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}