Methodology for making environmental as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) determinations

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5866168

Brown, R C; Speer, D R

An overall evaluation concept for use in making differential cost-benefit analyses in environmental as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) determinations is being implemented by Rockwell Hanford Operations. This evaluation includes consideration of seven categories: (1) capital costs; (2) operating costs; (3) state of the art; (4) safety; (5) accident or upset consequences; (6) reliability, operability, and maintainability; and (7) decommissionability. Appropriate weighting factors for each of these categories are under development so that ALARA determinations can be made by comparing scores of alternative proposals for facility design, operations, and upgrade. This method of evaluation circumvents the traditional basis of a stated monetary sum per person-rem of dose commitment. This alternative was generated by advice from legal counsel who advised against formally pursuing this avenue of approach to ALARA for environmental and occupational dose commitments.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 5866168
• Report Number(s): RHO-HS-SA-14P; CONF-821215-24; ON: DE83016992
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. DOE environmental protection information meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 7 Dec 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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