Incremental Risks of Transporting NARM to the LLW Disposal Facility at Hanford

Conference · Tue Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:3884

Weiner, R F

This study models the incremental radiological risk of transporting NARM to the Hanford commercial LLW facility, both for incident-free transportation and for possible transportation accidents, compared with the radiological risk of transporting LLW to that facility. Transportation routes are modeled using HIGHWAY 3.1 and risks are modeled using RADTRAN 4. Both annual population doses and risks, and annual average individual doses and risks are reported. Three routes to the Hanford site were modeled from Albany, OR, from Coeur d'Alene, ID (called the Spokane route), and from Seattle, WA. Conservative estimates are used in the RADTRAN inputs, and RADTRAN itself is conservative.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 3884
• Report Number(s): SAND99-0484C; TRN: US0101448
• Resource Relation: Conference: WM99 (Waste Management Symposia), Tucson, AZ (US), 03/01/1999--03/04/1999; Other Information: PBD: 23 Feb 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
ROUTING
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
HANFORD RESERVATION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
RADIATION DOSES
PROBABILITY