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Title: Review of soil contamination guidance

Abstract

A review of existing and proposed radioactive soil contamination standards and guidance was conducted for United Nuclear Corporation (UNC), Office of Surplus Facilities Management. Information was obtained from both government agencies and other sources during a literature survey. The more applicable standards were reviewed, evaluated, and summarized. Information pertaining to soil contamination for both facility operation and facility decommissioning was obtained from a variety of sources. These sources included: the Code of Federal Regulations, regulatory guides, the Federal Register, topical reports written by various government agencies, topical reports written by national laboratories, and publications from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It was difficult to directly compare the standards and guidance obtained from these sources since each was intended for a specific situation and different units or bases were used. However, most of the information reviewed was consistent with the philosophy of maintaining exposures at levels as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6037722
Report Number(s):
PNL-3866
ON: DE81030662; TRN: 81-016924
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; CONTAMINATION REGULATIONS; REVIEWS; SOILS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DECONTAMINATION; RECOMMENDATIONS; STANDARDS; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; DOCUMENT TYPES; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; REGULATIONS; 510600* - Environment, Terrestrial- Regulations- (-1989); 054000 - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety; 655001 - Medical Physics- Radiation Protection Standards

Citation Formats

Mueller, M A, Kennedy, Jr, W E, and Soldat, J K. Review of soil contamination guidance. United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.2172/6037722.
Mueller, M A, Kennedy, Jr, W E, & Soldat, J K. Review of soil contamination guidance. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6037722
Mueller, M A, Kennedy, Jr, W E, and Soldat, J K. 1981. "Review of soil contamination guidance". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6037722. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6037722.
@article{osti_6037722,
title = {Review of soil contamination guidance},
author = {Mueller, M A and Kennedy, Jr, W E and Soldat, J K},
abstractNote = {A review of existing and proposed radioactive soil contamination standards and guidance was conducted for United Nuclear Corporation (UNC), Office of Surplus Facilities Management. Information was obtained from both government agencies and other sources during a literature survey. The more applicable standards were reviewed, evaluated, and summarized. Information pertaining to soil contamination for both facility operation and facility decommissioning was obtained from a variety of sources. These sources included: the Code of Federal Regulations, regulatory guides, the Federal Register, topical reports written by various government agencies, topical reports written by national laboratories, and publications from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It was difficult to directly compare the standards and guidance obtained from these sources since each was intended for a specific situation and different units or bases were used. However, most of the information reviewed was consistent with the philosophy of maintaining exposures at levels as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).},
doi = {10.2172/6037722},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6037722}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
month = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981}
}