The Disposition Dilemma Controlling the Release of Solid Materials from Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Licensed Facilities (2002) / Chapter Skim
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10 Findings and Recommendations
10 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 166-174
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The USNRC does use a guidance document issued by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1974, Regulatory Guide 1.86, which contains limits applicable to surface contamination and allows clearance of solid materials, usually by incorporation into license technical specifications. The USNRC allows licensees to release solid material according to preestablished criteria.
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. For surface-contaminated solid materials possessed by a materials licensee, the USNRC usually authorizes the release through specific license conditions (USNRC, 2001b)
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power reactors. Pathways and Estimated Costs for Disposition of Slightly Radioactive Solid Materials (Chapter 4)
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Selecting a primary dose standard is a policy choice, albeit one informed by scientific estimates of the health risk associated with various doses. For instance, as shown in Table 1-2, a lifetime dose rate of 10 ,uSv/yr (1 mrem/yr)
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The dose factors developed in draft NUREG-1640 should not be used to derive clearance standards for categories of SRSM other than those considered in the draft NUREG-1640, without first assessing the appropriateness of the underlying scenarios. Some of the dose factors developed in draft NUREG1640 are likely to require modification when applied to other mixtures of radionuclides (e.g., mixtures in which transuranics dominate)
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The committee concludes that there is sufficient time to conduct a thorough and systematic analysis and evaluation, including a sound process of stakeholder participation and involvement, of alternative approaches to the disposal of SRSM. RECOMMENDATIONS In developing its recommendations the committee was guided by two overarching, compelling findings: 1.
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The USNRC's decision-making process on the range of alternative approaches to the disposition of slightly radioactive solid material should be integrated with a broad-based stakeholder participatory decision-making process. Elements of this process should include the following: .
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with a broad-based stakeholder group would provide a good starting point in developing a policy statement that would provide a foundation for evaluation of alternative approaches to disposition of slightly radioactive solid material. Recommendation 4.
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The USNRC should continue to review, assess, and participate in the ongoing international effort to manage the disposition of slightly radioactive solid material. The USNRC should also develop a rationale for consistency between secondary dose standards that may be adopted by the United States and other countries.
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