Radionuclides: Background Information Document for final rules. Volume 1. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5780118

On October 31, 1984, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing proposed standards for radionuclide emissions from four sources: (1) DOE facilities, (2) NRC-licensed facilities and non-DOE Federal facilities, (3) underground uranium mines, and (4) elemental phosphorus plants. This Background Information Document supports the Agency's final actions on radionuclides. Volume I is an integrated risk assessment. It addresses historical and current regulatory programs and strategies, hazard identifications (health effects), radionuclide emissions, reduction of dose and risk, movement of radionuclides through environmental pathways, radiation dosimetry, and estimating the risk of health effects resulting from radionuclide air emissions. Volume II examines the source categories and presents the following information for each category: a general description of the source category, a brief description of the processes that lead to the emissions of radionuclides into air, a summary of emissions data, and estimates of the radiation doses and health risks to both individuals and populations.

• Research Organization: Office of Radiation Programs, Washington, DC (USA); Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5780118
• Report Number(s): PB-85-165751/XAB; EPA-520/1-84/022/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
DOSIMETRY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MUTAGENS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REGULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
STANDARDS
WASTES