Risk analysis of the transport of contact handled transuranic (CH-TRU) wastes to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) along selected highway routes in New Mexico using RADTRAN 4.

摘要

This report analyzes the radiological health effects, and, to a lesser extent, the economic impacts of transporting contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste from 10 generator sites in the USA to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The effects of transporting remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) waste to WIPP are not addressed because the US Department of Energy (DOE) does not have plans to ship this type of waste during the Test Phase. The intent of this report is to place into perspective the risk of radiation from both ''incident free'' exposure, and exposures resulting from a release of radioactivity from a TRUPACT-II container(s) as a result of a highway accident. Only the routes identified in the Supplemental Stipulated Agreement (SSA) between the state of New Mexico and DOE (1982) were analyzed for this report. An adequate database to compare the alternate routes with SSA routes was not available for this analysis. 17 refs., 3 figs., 15 tabs.