State of Washington radiation guidance for Hanford
Journal Article
·
· Health Physics
OSTI ID:394003
- Washington Dept. of Health, Olympia, WA (United States)
Cleanup of the U.S. Department of Energy`s Hanford site is being managed through the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order known as the Tri-Party Agreement. The participants are the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Washington, with the Department of Ecology being the lead for the State of Washington. Through a memorandum of understanding the Department of Health is designated as the primary state agency for protection of human health and the environment from ionizing radiation. As part of this responsibility, the Department of Health is developing radiation cleanup guidance for Hanford cleanup. Another reason for developing State guidance is that there are no federal regulations that provide guidance on residual radioactivity on lands that will be released for public use. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency both have prepared draft regulations, but the issuance of these is uncertain. The state guidance is compatible with draft federal guidance and includes numerical guidance for residual contamination, modeling parameters, look-up tables, and land use categories. This guidance will apply until such a time as they are superseded by applicable federal regulations or the state environmental radiation standard.
- OSTI ID:
- 394003
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9607135--
- Journal Information:
- Health Physics, Journal Name: Health Physics Journal Issue: Suppl.6 Vol. 70; ISSN HLTPAO; ISSN 0017-9078
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
An overview of the Hanford site waste cleanup
Implementation of a community relations program for the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and consent order (Tri-Party Agreement)
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order quarterly progress report for the period ending December 31, 1989
Conference
·
Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988
· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
·
OSTI ID:6840899
Implementation of a community relations program for the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and consent order (Tri-Party Agreement)
Conference
·
Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990
· Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5663833
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order quarterly progress report for the period ending December 31, 1989
Technical Report
·
Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1990
·
OSTI ID:7080225