A volumetric radiological standard for the unrestricted release to commerce of decommissioned and decontaminated radioactive metals
- Dept. of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States)
It has been estimated that 1.2 million tons of radioactive scrap metal (RSM) will be available for recycling over the course of the next 30 years from the decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex. Several options exist for the disposition of this RSM, including disposal as radioactive waste, recycling by decontamination and free-release for unrestricted use, or recycling for controlled-release and restricted reuse inside a DOE-controlled area. The Office of Environmental Restoration (EM-40) is leading the effort to develop a consistent policy (Recycle 2000) to support recycling RSM both by decontamination and free release and by recycling for restricted reuse. Studies conducted under the Recycle 2000 program have shown that recycling RSM can be environmentally safe and cost effective on a large scale. Several successful demonstration projects have shown that there are no technological barriers to RSM recycling. The barriers to effective, large-scale radioactive scrap metal (RSM) recycling are primarily economic.
- OSTI ID:
- 353616
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970677-; TRN: IM9929%%162
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 90. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, Toronto (Canada), 8-13 Jun 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 1997 proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association`s 90. annual meeting and exhibition; PB: [7000] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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