Implications of DOE O 1027 Guidance on Rad-NESHAP Programs

Conference · Fri Jul 20 04:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1047090

Fuehne, David P ^[1]; Fong, Stephen C ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

This presentation is for the national Radionuclide NESHAP meeting, an embedded topic of the 2012 Health Physics Society Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA. The Radionuclide NESHAP program is responsible for measuring and reporting the amount of airborne radioactive material released from DOE facilities. The issue at hand is recent guidance put forth by the Department of Energy regarding threshold limits for Category 3 and Category 2 nuclear facilities. Updates to calculation methods have resulted in increased amounts of radioactive material allowed in inventory for facilities before they reach levels which require them to be categorized as a Category 2 or 3 nuclear facility. With larger radioactive material inventories, there may be a corresponding increase in overall facility emissions. This can have permitting and monitoring impacts for DOE sites, as well as political ramifications with citizen organizations. This presentation is intended to raise awareness of the new guidance and associated issues, and to stimulate discussion among DOE Radionuclide NESHAP representatives.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/LANL
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1047090
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-12-23217
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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