Intruder dose pathway analysis for the onsite disposal of radioactive wastes [electronic resource] : the ONSITE/MAXI1 computer program.
Because of uncertainties associated with assessing the potential risks from onsite burials of radioactive waste, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has amended its regulations to provide greater assurance that buried radioactive material will not present a hazard to public health and safety....
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Richland, Wash. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Pacific Northwest Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1984.
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| Summary: | Because of uncertainties associated with assessing the potential risks from onsite burials of radioactive waste, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has amended its regulations to provide greater assurance that buried radioactive material will not present a hazard to public health and safety. The amended regulations now require licensees to apply for approval of proposed procedures for onsite disposal pursuant to 10 CFR 20.302. The NRC technically reviews these requests on a case-by-case basis. These technical reviews require modeling potential pathways to man and projecting radiation dose commitments. This document contains a summary of our efforts to develop human-intrusion scenarios and to modify a version of the MAXI computer program for potential use by the NRC in reviewing applications for onsite radioactive waste disposal. The documentation of the ONSITE/MAXI computer program is written for two audiences. The first (Audience A) includes persons concerned with the mathematical models and computer algorithms. The second (Audience B) includes persons concerned with exercising the computer program and scenarios for specific onsite disposal applications. Five sample problems are presented and discussed to assist the user in operating the computer program. Summaries of the input and output for the sample problems are included along with a discussion of the hand calculations performed to verify the correct operation of the computer program. Computer listings of the ONSITE/MAXI1 computer program with an abbreviated data base listing are included as Appendix 1 to this document. Finally, complete listings of the data base with listings of the special codes used to create the data base are included in Appendix 2 as a microfiche attachment to this document. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 10/01/1984. "nureg/cr-3620" " pnl-4054" "TI85003253" Napier, B.A.; Peloquin, R.A.; Kennedy, W.E. Jr.; Neuder, S.M. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 278 : digital, PDF file. |