Environmental pathway models for estimating population health effects from disposal of high-level radioactive waste in geologic repositories. Final report
Description
As part of its program to develop environmental standards for disposal of high-level radioactive wastes, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated population health risks for 10,000 years after disposal in mined geologic repositories (EPA85a). This report describes the mathematical models formulated to calculate the environmental risk commitments (ERC's - fatal cancers and serious genetic effects to all generations) that could occur as a result of releases from such repositories. The report also identifies the data chosen to use in these models and presents estimates of the premature fatal cancers caused per unit of radionuclide released to the accessible environment
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A16/MF A01 as TI86901474.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 375 p.
- Report number
- EPA/520/5--85-026
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18002033
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- C CODES; DOSE COMMITMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEOPLASMS; R CODES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTER CODES; DISEASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; POPULATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES