A computer program for deriving soil cleanup criteria
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a new order, DOE Order 5400.5, for Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment. In this order, the DOE sets forth radiological protection guidelines for the cleanup of residual radioactive materials. Radionuclide concentrations and radioactivity levels have been established that are acceptable if a site is to be used without radiological restrictions. The guidelines can be categorized as either generic (site independent), that is, taken from existing radiation protection standards, or site specific, that is, derived from the basic dose limit using site-specific data and models. The generic guidelines for soil concentrations of [sup 226]Ra, [sup 228]Ra, [sup 230]Th, and [sup 232]Th adopted in DOE Order 5400.5 are generally consistent with US Environmental Protection Agency standards in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 192. Procedures and data for deriving site-specific guidelines for other radionuclides in soil have been coded in a microcomputer program called RESRAD. The RESRAD code has been used by the DOE and its contractors to calculate postremediation doses and cleanup guidelines. The RESRAD code is a useful, easy to run, and very user-friendly tool.
- OSTI ID:
- 6763300
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-901101--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 62; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANL
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CLEANING
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTAMINATION
DECONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
PUBLIC HEALTH
R CODES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 226
RADON 228
RADON ISOTOPES
REMEDIAL ACTION
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SAFETY STANDARDS
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SIMULATION
SOILS
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES
STANDARDS
THORIUM 230
THORIUM 232
THORIUM ISOTOPES
US AEC
US DOE
US EPA
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES