Introduction of drains from nuclear facilities into drainage ditches

For the assessment of the radiation exposure of the population by the emission of radioactive liquid waste from nuclear facilities, exact knowledge is required of the behaviour of the radioactive waste materials in the aquatic ecosystems and of the degree of bioaccumulation within the critical environmental exposure pathways. For the assessment of the population's radiation exposure by both gaseous and liquid waste effluents, general design fundamentals were issued for the Federal Republic of Germany. These design fundamentals are to be applied to planning, licencing and monitoring of new nuclear facilities. (orig./DG)