Use of IMPACTS-BRC (below regulatory concern) to calculate impacts from nuclear power plant BRC waste disposal

Conference · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5381600

Rogers, V C; Murphy, E S ^[1]

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1. Rogers Associates Engineering Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (USA)

The Electric Power Research Institute is providing support for a nuclear industry rulemaking petition to exempt certain very low level radioactive wastes from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulation under the below-regulatory-concern (BRC) definition. Dose calculations are performed using a radionuclide distribution that is representative of the waste types proposed for BRC disposal. The calculations are performed for six treatment-and-disposal options proposed as alternatives for managing the reactor-generated waste types. The radiological impacts from the treatment and/or disposal of BRC wastes, as modeled in IMPACTS-BRC are proportional to the effective radionuclide concentration in the total BRC and nonradioactive waste volume. The individual impacts calculated by IMPACTS-BRC are determined by the total radionuclide inventory incinerated or disposed, rather than by the radionuclide concentration in the BRC waste.

• OSTI ID: 5381600
• Report Number(s): CONF-891103--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 60; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CLASSIFICATION
COMPUTER CODES
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DOSES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
I CODES
INCINERATORS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TRANSPORT
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES