Open AccessSupplemental information related to risk assessment for the off-site transportation of low-level mixed waste for the U.S. Department of Energy waste management programmatic environmental impact statement
Author(s) -
F.A. Monette,
B.M. Biwer,
D.J. LePoire,
M.A. Lazaro,
A.A. Antonopoulos,
H.M. Hartmann,
A.J. Policastro,
S.Y. Chen
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/564056
Subject(s) - environmental impact statement , risk assessment , environmental impact assessment , exposure assessment , radioactive waste , engineering , environmental health , waste management , environmental planning , environmental science , medicine , computer science , ecology , computer security , biology
This report provides supplemental information to support the human health risk assessment conducted for the transportation of low-level mixed waste (LLMW) in support of the US Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS). The assessment considers both the radioactive and chemical hazards associated with LLMW transportation. Detailed descriptions of the transportation health risk assessment methods and results of the assessment are presented in Appendix E of the WM PEIS. This report presents additional information that is not included in Appendix E but that was needed to conduct the transportation risk assessment for Waste Management (WM) LLMW. Included are definitions of the LLMW alternatives considered in the WM PEIS; data related to the inventory and to the physical, chemical, and radiological characteristics of WM LLMW; an overview of the risk assessment methods; and detailed results of the assessment for each WM LLMW case considered