Impacts on health and safety from transfer/consolidation of nuclear materials and hazardous chemicals

Environmental restoration plans at the US Department of Energy (USDOE) Hanford Site calls for transfer/consolidation of ``targets/threats,`` namely nuclear materials and hazardous chemicals. Reductions in the health and safety hazards will depend on the plans implemented. Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) estimated these potential impacts, assuming implementation of the current reference plan and employing ongoing risk and safety analyses. The results indicated the potential for ``significant`` reductions in health and safety hazards in the long term (> 25 years) and a potentially ``noteworthy`` reduction in health hazard in the short term ({le} 25 years)