Selected radionuclides important to low-level radioactive waste management
The purpose of this document is to provide information to state representatives and developers of low level radioactive waste (LLW) management facilities about the radiological, chemical, and physical characteristics of selected radionuclides and their behavior in the environment. Extensive surveys of available literature provided information for this report. Certain radionuclides may contribute significantly to the dose estimated during a radiological performance assessment analysis of an LLW disposal facility. Among these are the radionuclides listed in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 61.55, Tables 1 and 2 (including alpha emitting transuranics with half-lives greater than 5 years). This report discusses these radionuclides and other radionuclides that may be significant during a radiological performance assessment analysis of an LLW disposal facility. This report not only includes essential information on each radionuclide, but also incorporates waste and disposal information on the radionuclide, and behavior of the radionuclide in the environment and in the human body. Radionuclides addressed in this document include technetium-99, carbon-14, iodine-129, tritium, cesium-137, strontium-90, nickel-59, plutonium-241, nickel-63, niobium-94, cobalt-60, curium -42, americium-241, uranium-238, and neptunium-237.
- Research Organization:
- Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- OSTI ID:
- 642783
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/LLW--238; ON: DE98051440
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMERICIUM 241
CARBON 14
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
CURIUM 242
HAZARDS
IODINE 129
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEPTUNIUM 237
NICKEL 59
NICKEL 63
NIOBIUM 94
PERFORMANCE
PLUTONIUM 241
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
STRONTIUM 90
TECHNETIUM 99
TRITIUM
URANIUM 238
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMERICIUM 241
CARBON 14
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
CURIUM 242
HAZARDS
IODINE 129
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEPTUNIUM 237
NICKEL 59
NICKEL 63
NIOBIUM 94
PERFORMANCE
PLUTONIUM 241
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
STRONTIUM 90
TECHNETIUM 99
TRITIUM
URANIUM 238