Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity

Wolbarst, A B; Clark, M E; Doehnert, M

doi:10.1097/00004032-199611000-00004

Title: Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity

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The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a regulation for the protection of the public and radioactive contamination at sites that are to be cleaned up and released for public use. The rule will apply to sites under the control of Federal agencies, and will impose limits on radiation doses to individuals living or working on a site following cleanup; it will thereby provide site owners and managers with uniform, consistent cleanup criteria for planning and carrying out remediation. This paper presents an overview of EPA`s approach to assessing some of the beneficial and adverse effects associated with various possible values for the annual dose limit. In particular, it discusses the method developed to determine how the choice of cleanup criterion affects (1) the time-integrated potential numbers of non-fatal and fatal radiogenic cancers averted among future populations, (2) the occurrence of radiogenic cancers among remediation workers and the public caused by the cleanup process itself, and (3) the volumes of contaminated soil that may require remediation. The analytic methods described here were used to provide input data and assumptions for the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) that supports the proposed regulation; the RIA also considered non-radiological benefits and costs (i.e., publicmore »« less

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Wolbarst, A B; Clark, M E; Doehnert, M ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 416459

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Health Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SOILS; REMEDIAL ACTION; CONTAMINATION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; DOSE LIMITS

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                    Wolbarst, A B, Clark, M E, and Doehnert, M. Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity.  United States: N. p., 1996. 
        Web.  doi:10.1097/00004032-199611000-00004.

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                    Wolbarst, A B, Clark, M E, & Doehnert, M. Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199611000-00004

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                    Wolbarst, A B, Clark, M E, and Doehnert, M. 1996.  
        "Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199611000-00004.

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  title        = {Technical basis for EPA`s proposed regulation on the cleanup of sites contaminated with radioactivity},

  author       = {Wolbarst, A B and Clark, M E and Doehnert, M},

  abstractNote = {The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a regulation for the protection of the public and radioactive contamination at sites that are to be cleaned up and released for public use. The rule will apply to sites under the control of Federal agencies, and will impose limits on radiation doses to individuals living or working on a site following cleanup; it will thereby provide site owners and managers with uniform, consistent cleanup criteria for planning and carrying out remediation. This paper presents an overview of EPA`s approach to assessing some of the beneficial and adverse effects associated with various possible values for the annual dose limit. In particular, it discusses the method developed to determine how the choice of cleanup criterion affects (1) the time-integrated potential numbers of non-fatal and fatal radiogenic cancers averted among future populations, (2) the occurrence of radiogenic cancers among remediation workers and the public caused by the cleanup process itself, and (3) the volumes of contaminated soil that may require remediation. The analytic methods described here were used to provide input data and assumptions for the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) that supports the proposed regulation; the RIA also considered non-radiological benefits and costs (i.e., public health, economic, and ecological) of the standards. 56 refs., 4 figs., 6 tabs.},

  doi          = {10.1097/00004032-199611000-00004},

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  journal      = {Health Physics},
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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},

  month        = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}

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