Performance Assessment for the Idaho National Laboratory Remote-Handled Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility

Annette L. Schafer ; A. Jeffrey Sondrup ; Arthur S. Rood

关键词: AR FACILITIES;    AIR;    COMPLIANCE;    FOOD CHAINS;    IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY;    LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES;    PERFORMANCE;    RADIOISOTOPES;    SENSITIVITY;    SIMULATION;    SOILS;    TRANSPORT;    US EPA;    WASTE DISPOSAL;    WASTES performance assessment;    remote-handled low-level waste;    RH-LLW;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1044201
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID-11421
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1044201
Others  :  Other: DOE/ID-11421
Others  :  TRN: US1204250

学科分类：核能源与工程

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This performance assessment for the Remote-Handled Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility at the Idaho National Laboratory documents the projected radiological dose impacts associated with the disposal of low-level radioactive waste at the facility. This assessment evaluates compliance with the applicable radiological criteria of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for protection of the public and the environment. The calculations involve modeling transport of radionuclides from buried waste to surface soil and subsurface media, and eventually to members of the public via air, groundwater, and food chain pathways. Projections of doses are calculated for both offsite receptors and individuals who inadvertently intrude into the waste after site closure. The results of the calculations are used to evaluate the future performance of the low-level radioactive waste disposal facility and to provide input for establishment of waste acceptance criteria. In addition, one-factor-at-a-time, Monte Carlo, and rank correlation analyses are included for sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. The comparison of the performance assessment results to the applicable performance objectives provides reasonable expectation that the performance objectives will be met