Development of a process for releasing non-real property under order DOE 5400.5.

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1998 · Fed. Facil. Environ. J.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ffej.3330090111· OSTI ID:938264

Warren, S; Ranek, N L; Hensley, J; DOE,

It is the policy of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve environmental quality and conserve natural and economic resources by, among other things, increasing the reuse and recycle of recoverable materials in order to minimize land disposal of wastes. Consistent with this policy, DOE's Office of Environmental Management believes it is important to pursue strategies for reusing and recycling the large and growing DOE inventory of recoverable non-real property. However, responsible pursuit of such strategies requires careful prior consideration of the available alternatives, given the radiological character of much of the non-real property to be released. Requirements applicable to considerations of this type are established by Order DOE 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment. This article describes the development and content of a step-by-step process designed to provide confidence that radiological doses to the public from recycle or reuse of released non-real property containing residual radioactive material meet applicable regulatory standards, are as low as reasonably achievable, and meet the requirements in Order DOE 5400.5 for release of such material. The full process, described in the Draft Handbook for Controlling Release for Reuse or Recycle of Non-Real Property Containing Residual Radioactive Material (for interim use and comment), DOE-HDBK-xxxx-97 (June 1997), is available for viewing and downloading at http://www.em.doe.gov/recyc.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 938264
• Report Number(s): ANL/EA/JA-28724
• Journal Information: Fed. Facil. Environ. J., Journal Name: Fed. Facil. Environ. J. Journal Issue: 1998 Vol. Spring
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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