Long-term public health impacts of decommissioning the Hanford surplus production reactors: Implications for CERCLA remedial actions at Hanford

The public health impacts of decommissioning the eight Hanford surplus production reactors are not significant. The risk to the downstream population of in situ decommissioning cannot be distinguished from the risk of moving the reactors to the 200 Area. With similar recharge conditions and inventories, CERCLA risk assessments may reach similar conclusions. Thus, some CERCLA remedial action decisions may be driven by land use decisions rather than by risks to the public