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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States Other Related Titles Safety of the High-Level Uranium Ore Residues at the Niagara Falls Storage Site, Lewiston, New York (1995) Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 51   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. ABBREVIATIONS Terms CWM Chemical Wastes Management Chemical Services, Inc. (formerly Model Cities Landfill DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAR Failure Analysis Report (Bechtel National, Inc., 1994) FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FEMP Fernald Environmental Management Project FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Kd distribution coefficient LOOW Lake Ontario Ordnance Works LTSM long-term surveillance and maintenance NAS/NRC National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NFSS Niagara Falls Storage Site NTS Nevada Test Site RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ROD record of decision UMTRAP Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program VOC volatile organic compounds WCS Waste Containment Structure WL working level (unit of measure for documenting exposure to radon decay products -- 1 WL is equal to ~ 200 pCi/l of radon daughters) 40 CFR 191 Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 191 - Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastess 40 CFR 192 Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 192 - Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Page 51 FRONT MATTER (R1-R8) TABLE OF CONTENTS (R9-R10) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-4) INTRODUCTION (5-6) BACKGROUND (7-36) CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION (37-48) RECOMMENDATIONS (49-50) ABBREVIATIONS (51-52) REFERENCES CITED (53-54) APPENDIX A: BIBLIOGRAPHY (55-58) APPENDIX B: REFERENCE TABLES (59-73)

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SAFETY OF THE HIGH-LEVEL URANIUM ORE RESIDUES AT THE NIAGARA FALLS STORAGE SITE, LEWISTON, NEW YORK ABBREVIATIONS Terms CWM Chemical Wastes Management Chemical Services, Inc. (formerly Model Cities Landfill DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAR Failure Analysis Report (Bechtel National, Inc., 1994) FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FEMP Fernald Environmental Management Project FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Kd distribution coefficient LOOW Lake Ontario Ordnance Works LTSM long-term surveillance and maintenance NAS/NRC National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NFSS Niagara Falls Storage Site NTS Nevada Test Site RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ROD record of decision UMTRAP Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program VOC volatile organic compounds WCS Waste Containment Structure WL working level (unit of measure for documenting exposure to radon decay products -- 1 WL is equal to ~ 200 pCi/l of radon daughters) 40 CFR 191 Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 191 - Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastess 40 CFR 192 Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 192 - Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings

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SAFETY OF THE HIGH-LEVEL URANIUM ORE RESIDUES AT THE NIAGARA FALLS STORAGE SITE, LEWISTON, NEW YORK Units Ci (pCi) curie (picocurie = 10−12 curie) g gram l liter m, cm, km meter, centimeter, kilometer ppm parts per million rem unit of dose equivalent (1 rem = 0.01 sievert) sec sec Radionuclides 226Ra radium-226 222Rn radon-222 230Th thorium-230 234U uranium-234 235U uranium-235 238U uranium-238

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