Performance assessment of near-surface facilities for disposal of low-level radioactive waste [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Series:

NCRP report ; no. 152.

NCRP report ; no. 152

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities--United States--Evaluation.

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities.

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--United States--Evaluation.

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, Md. : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Purpose of Report""; ""1.2 Scope of Report""; ""1.3 Related NCRP Recommendations""; ""2. Definition and Principles of Performance Assessment""; ""2.1 Nature of Performance Assessment""; ""2.2 Definition of Performance Assessment""; ""2.3 General Principles of Performance Assessment""; ""2.4 Balance Between Conservatism and Realism in Performance Assessment""; ""3. Context for Performance Assessment""; ""3.1 Definition of Low-Level Radioactive Waste""; ""3.2 Sources and Properties of Low-Level Waste""

""3.3 ICRP Recommendations on Disposal of Radioactive Waste""""3.4 Requirements for Near- Surface Disposal of Low-Level Waste""; ""3.5 Other Concepts in Performance Assessment""; ""4. Framework for Performance Assessment""; ""4.1 Data Collection, Conceptual Models, and Mathematical Models""; ""4.2 Process for Conducting Performance Assessments""; ""5. Performance Assessment Models""; ""5.1 General Approach to Modeling of Disposal Systems""; ""5.2 Cover Performance and Infiltration""; ""5.3 Performance of Concrete Barriers""; ""5.4 Source Term""; ""5.5 Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport""

""5.6 Aquifer Flow""""5.7 Radionuclide Transport in Groundwater and Surface Water""; ""5.8 Atmospheric Transport Analysis""; ""5.9 Biotic Transport""; ""5.10 Exposure Pathways and Radiological Impacts""; ""6. Inadvertent Human Intrusion""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Role of Inadvertent Human Intrusion in Radioactive Waste Disposal""; ""6.3 Widely Used Scenarios for Inadvertent Intrusion""; ""6.4 Selection of Site-Specific Scenarios for Inadvertent Intrusion""; ""6.5 Inputs to Dose Analyses for Inadvertent Intruders""; ""6.6 Outputs of Dose Analyses for Inadvertent Intruders""

""6.7 Effects of Inadvertent Intrusion on Off-Site Releases of Radionuclides""""6.8 Summary""; ""7. Uncertainty, Sensitivity and Importance Analysis""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Description of Importance Analysis""; ""7.3 Purpose of Importance Analysis""; ""7.4 Nature of Uncertainties in Performance Assessment""; ""7.5 Mathematical Methods of Treating Uncertainty""; ""7.6 Role of Sensitivity Analysis in Importance Analysis""; ""7.7 Application of Uncertainty Analysis to Importance Analysis""; ""7.8 Summary""; ""8. Summary""; ""8.1 Purpose and Scope of Performance Assessment""

""8.2 Basic Elements of Performance Assessment""""8.3 Components of Performance Assessment Modeling""; ""8.4 Inadvertent Human Intrusion""; ""8.5 Uncertainty, Sensitivity and Importance Analysis""; ""8.6 Iterative Nature of Performance Assessment""; ""8.7 Reasonable Assurance of Compliance with Performance Objectives""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""The NCRP""; ""NCRP Publications""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-438) and index.

ISBN:

1-4294-7998-1

1-60119-479-X