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Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 574: Neptune Nevada National Security Site, Nevada with ROTCs 1 & 2

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2997652· OSTI ID:2997652
This Closure Report presents information supporting closure of CAU 574 according to the FFACO (FFACO, 1996 [as amended March 2010]) and the Streamlined Approach for Environmental Restoration Plan for CAU 574 (U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office [NNSA/NSO], 2011). The following activities were performed to support closure of CAU 574: · In situ external dose rate measurements were collected using thermoluminescent dosimeters at CAS 12-45-01, U12e.05 Crater (Blanca). · Total effective dose rates were determined at both sites by summing the internal and external dose rate components. · A use restriction (UR) was implemented at CAS 12-23-10, U12c.03 Crater (Neptune). Areas that exceed the final action level (FAL) of 25 millirems per year (mrem/yr) based on the Occasional Use Area exposure scenario is within the existing use restricted area for CAU 551. The 25-mrem/yr FAL is not exceeded outside the existing CAU 551 UR for any of the exposure scenarios (Industrial Area, Remote Work Area, and Occasional Use Area). Therefore, the existing UR for CAU 551 is sufficient to bound contamination that exceeds the FAL. · An administrative UR was implemented at CAS 12-45-01, U12e.05 Crater (Blanca) as a best management practice (BMP). The 25-mrem/yr FAL was not exceeded for the Remote Work Area or Occasional Use Area exposure scenarios; therefore, a UR is not required. However, because the 25-mrem/yr FAL was exceeded for the Industrial Area exposure scenario, an administrative UR was established as a BMP.
Research Organization:
National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States); Navarro Nevada Environmental Services (NNES), Las Vegas, NV (United States); Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
89303320DEM000037; AC52-06NA25946
OSTI ID:
2997652
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV--1476
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English