Technical support for the EPA cleanup rule on radioactively contaminated sites

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:240877

Hull, H B; Newman, A; Wolbarst, A B ^[1]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States); and others

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a radiation site cleanup regulation for the protection of the public from radionuclide contamination at sites that are to be cleaned up and released for public use. The regulation will apply to sites under the control of Federal agencies, and to sites licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or NRC Agreement States. The agency is therefore conducting a comprehensive technical analysis aimed at developing information that will be used to support the rule. This presentation describes the regulation and the approach developed to determine how radiological health impacts and volumes of soil requiring remediation vary as functions of the possible cleanup dose or risk level.

• Research Organization: Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• OSTI ID: 240877
• Report Number(s): CONF-951209--; ON: DE96005882
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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DOSE LIMITS
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NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PUBLIC HEALTH
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
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