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Title: Environmental monitoring of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility

Abstract

This branch technical position (BTP) paper on the environmental monitoring program for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility provides general guidance on what is required by Section 61.53 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of applicants submitting a license application for such a facility. In general, the environmental monitoring program consists of three phases: preoperational, operational, and postoperational. Each phase of the monitoring program should be designed to fulfill the specific objectives defined in the BTP paper. During the preoperational phase, the objectives of the program are to provide site characterization information, to demonstrate site suitability and acceptability, to obtain background or baseline information, and to provide a record for public information. During the operational phase, the emphasis on measurement shifts. Monitoring data are obtained to provide early warning of releases and to document compliance with regulations, the dose limits of 10 CFR Part 61, or applicable standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Data are also used to update important pathway parameters to improve predictions of site performance and to provide a record of performance for public information. The postoperational environmental monitoring program emphasizes measurements to demonstrate compliance with the site-closure requirements and continuedmore » compliance with the performance objective in regard to the release of radionuclides to the environment. The data are used to support evaluation of long-term effects on the general public and for public information. Guidance is also provided in the BTP paper on the choice of which constituents to measure, setting action levels, relating measurements to appropriate actions in a corrective action plan, and quality assurance.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning
Sponsoring Org.:
USNRC
OSTI Identifier:
5337046
Report Number(s):
NUREG-1388
ON: TI90004945; TRN: 90-004430
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; PUBLIC INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; REGULATIONS; SEISMOLOGY; STANDARDS; TOPOGRAPHY; CONTROL; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WATER; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage

Citation Formats

Shum, E Y, Starmer, R J, and Young, M H. Environmental monitoring of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Shum, E Y, Starmer, R J, & Young, M H. Environmental monitoring of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. United States.
Shum, E Y, Starmer, R J, and Young, M H. 1989. "Environmental monitoring of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility". United States.
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abstractNote = {This branch technical position (BTP) paper on the environmental monitoring program for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility provides general guidance on what is required by Section 61.53 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of applicants submitting a license application for such a facility. In general, the environmental monitoring program consists of three phases: preoperational, operational, and postoperational. Each phase of the monitoring program should be designed to fulfill the specific objectives defined in the BTP paper. During the preoperational phase, the objectives of the program are to provide site characterization information, to demonstrate site suitability and acceptability, to obtain background or baseline information, and to provide a record for public information. During the operational phase, the emphasis on measurement shifts. Monitoring data are obtained to provide early warning of releases and to document compliance with regulations, the dose limits of 10 CFR Part 61, or applicable standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Data are also used to update important pathway parameters to improve predictions of site performance and to provide a record of performance for public information. The postoperational environmental monitoring program emphasizes measurements to demonstrate compliance with the site-closure requirements and continued compliance with the performance objective in regard to the release of radionuclides to the environment. The data are used to support evaluation of long-term effects on the general public and for public information. Guidance is also provided in the BTP paper on the choice of which constituents to measure, setting action levels, relating measurements to appropriate actions in a corrective action plan, and quality assurance.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
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