SRS: Site ranking system for hazardous chemical and radioactive waste

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7039964· OSTI ID:7039964

Rechard, R P; Chu, M S.Y.; Brown, S L

This report describes the rationale and presents instructions for a site ranking system (SRS). SRS ranks hazardous chemical and radioactive waste sites by scoring important and readily available factors that influence risk to human health. Using SRS, sites can be ranked for purposes of detailed site investigations. SRS evaluates the relative risk as a combination of potentially exposed population, chemical toxicity, and potential exposure of release from a waste site; hence, SRS uses the same concepts found in a detailed assessment of health risk. Basing SRS on the concepts of risk assessment tends to reduce the distortion of results found in other ranking schemes. More importantly, a clear logic helps ensure the successful application of the ranking procedure and increases its versatility when modifications are necessary for unique situations. Although one can rank sites using a detailed risk assessment, it is potentially costly because of data and resources required. SRS is an efficient approach to provide an order-of-magnitude ranking, requiring only readily available data (often only descriptive) and hand calculations. Worksheets are included to make the system easier to understand and use. 88 refs., 19 figs., 58 tabs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7039964
• Report Number(s): DOE/HWP-26; SAND-86-2994; ON: DE88013000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CLASSIFICATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
EVALUATION
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MANAGEMENT
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
TOXICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
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