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Title: Risk assessment for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Abstract

This report documents the risk assessment performed for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS). Risks for the routine shipment of wastes and the impacts from potential accidental releases are analyzed for operations at the Hanford Site (Hanford) near Richland, Washington. Like other large DOE sites, hanford conducts waste management operations for all wastes types; consequently, the impacts calculated for Hanford are expected to be greater than those for smaller sites. The risk assessment conducted for on-site transportation is intended to provide an estimate of the magnitude of the potential risk for comparison with off-site transportation risks assessed for the WM PEIS.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Assessment Div.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
541800
Report Number(s):
ANL/EAD/TM-18
ON: DE98000254; TRN: 98:000039
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HANFORD RESERVATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Citation Formats

Biwer, B M, Monette, F A, and Chen, S Y. Risk assessment for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/541800.
Biwer, B M, Monette, F A, & Chen, S Y. Risk assessment for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/541800
Biwer, B M, Monette, F A, and Chen, S Y. 1996. "Risk assessment for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/541800. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/541800.
@article{osti_541800,
title = {Risk assessment for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes for the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement},
author = {Biwer, B M and Monette, F A and Chen, S Y},
abstractNote = {This report documents the risk assessment performed for the on-site transportation of radioactive wastes in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS). Risks for the routine shipment of wastes and the impacts from potential accidental releases are analyzed for operations at the Hanford Site (Hanford) near Richland, Washington. Like other large DOE sites, hanford conducts waste management operations for all wastes types; consequently, the impacts calculated for Hanford are expected to be greater than those for smaller sites. The risk assessment conducted for on-site transportation is intended to provide an estimate of the magnitude of the potential risk for comparison with off-site transportation risks assessed for the WM PEIS.},
doi = {10.2172/541800},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/541800}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}