User Instructions for the Systems Assessment Capability, Rev. 0, Computer Codes Volume 1: Inventory, Release, and Transport Modules

Software Manual · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:15001419

Eslinger, Paul W ^[1]; Engel, David W ^[1]; Gerhardstein, Lawrence H ^[1]; Lopresti, Charles A ^[1]; Nichols, William E ^[1]; Strenge, Dennis L ^[1]

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1. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

One activity of the Department of Energy's Groundwater/Vadose Zone Integration Project is an assessment of cumulative impacts from Hanford Site wastes on the subsurface environment and the Columbia River. Through the application of a system assessment capability (SAC), decisions for each cleanup and disposal action will be able to take into account the composite effect of other cleanup and disposal actions. The SAC has developed a suite of computer programs to simulate the migration of contaminants (analytes) present on the Hanford Site and to assess the potential impacts of the analytes, including dose to humans, socio-cultural impacts, economic impacts, and ecological impacts. The general approach to handling uncertainty in the SAC computer codes is a Monte Carlo approach. Conceptually, one generates a value for every stochastic parameter in the code (the entire sequence of modules from inventory through transport and impacts) and then executes the simulation, obtaining an output value, or result. This document provides user instructions for the SAC codes that handle inventory tracking, release of contaminants to the environment, and transport of contaminants through the unsaturated zone, saturated zone, and the Columbia River.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 15001419
• Report Number(s): PNNL-13932; 830403000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COLUMBIA RIVER
COMPUTER CODES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HANFORD
HANFORD RESERVATION
INVENTORIES
MANUALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOFTWARE
SOILS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY
USER INSTRUCTIONS