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Safety of the High-Level Uranium Ore Residues at the Niagara Falls Storage Site, Lewiston, New York (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... FElS Final Environmental Impact Statement FEMP Fernaid Environmental Management Project FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Kit distribution coefficient LOOW Mice 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/1 of radon daughters) 40 CFR 191 40 CFR 192 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 Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 192 - Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings 51
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... g gram 1 liter m, cm, km meter, centimeter, kilometer ppm parts per million rem unit of dose equivalent (! rem = 0.01 sievert)
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