Pilot study risk assessment for selected problems at the Savannah River Site (SRS)

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6501402· OSTI ID:6501402

Hamilton, L D; Holtzman, S; Meinhold, A; Morris, S C; Pardi, R; Sun, C ^[1]; Daniels, J I; Layton, D; McKone, T E; Straume, T; Anspaugh, L ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)

An assessment of the health risks was made for releases of tritium and [sup 137]Cs from the Savannah River Site (SRS) at water-receptor locations downriver. Although reactor operations were shut down at the SRS in 1989, liquid wastes continue to be released to the Savannah River either by direct discharges into onsite surface waters or by groundwater transport into surface waters from waste facilities. Existing state mandates will cause the liquid waste streams from future operations to go directly into surface waters. Two drinking water processing plants take water from the river approximately 129 km downriver from the SRS. Potential incremental risks of cancer fatality to individuals and each population were analyzed for either no further reactor operations or resumption of operation of one specific reactor.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6501402
• Report Number(s): BNL-48776; ON: DE93012520
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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