Dose Estimation in Recycling of Decontamination Soil Due to Fukushima NPS Accident as Coastal Levees - 18138
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Japan)
After the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station accident, large quantities of radiocesium-contaminated soil generated from decontamination activities have been stored in the Fukushima prefecture. To complete the final disposal of decontamination soil, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan presented policy to reduce the disposal volume by using low-level decontamination soil as recycled materials. The use will be limited to civil engineering structures in public projects, such as coastal levee and road embankment, and be managed by the public authority. However, there has been no example or safety assessment of recycling of decontamination soil. To contribute to guideline development for the recycling by the Ministry of the Environment, we conducted the safety assessment for recycling of decontamination soil as coastal levee. First, we evaluated additional doses to workers and the public in the case of construction and service of coastal levee based on Japanese construction standards. From the result, the radioactive cesium concentration level of recycled materials, with which all additional doses meet the radiation criterion of 1 mSv/y, was derived to be 6,800 Bq/kg. For general designs of coastal levee in Japan, additional doses to the public in the case of service were below 10 μSv/y with derived radioactivity level. Finally, the radiation safety for collapse of coastal levee caused by natural disasters was evaluated to be on the safe side. With derived radioactivity level, additional doses in the case of disaster were confirmed to be below 1 mSv/y. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22975329
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-20-WM-18138; TRN: US21V0142015371
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2018: 44. Annual Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 18-22 Mar 2018; Other Information: Country of input: France; 29 refs.; Available online at: https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2018/index.html
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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