Economics and risks of recycling radioactively contaminated concrete
Conference
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OSTI ID:598171
- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
As Decontamination and Decommissioning activities proceed within the DOE complex, tremendous volumes of both radioactively contaminated and non-contaminated concrete will be processed for disposal. Current practice is to decontaminate the concrete, dispose of the contamination at LLW facilities and ship the concrete rubble to C & D landfills for disposal. This study evaluates the economic, health and safety, legal, and social aspects of recycling radioactively contaminated concrete. Probabilistic models were used to estimate costs and risks. The model indicates that the radioactively contaminated concrete can be recycled at the same or lower cost than current or alternative practices. The risks associated with recycling were consistently less than or equal to the other alternatives considered.
- OSTI ID:
- 598171
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970830--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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