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[en] Residual radioactive material guidelines for uranium were derived for the Aliquippa Forge site in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. This site has been identified for remedial action under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) of the US Department of Energy (DOE). The uranium guidelines were derived on the basis of the requirement that the 50-year committed effective dose equivalent to a hypothetical individual who lives or works in the immediate vicinity of the Aliquippa Forge site should not exceed a dose of 100 mrem/yr following decontamination. The DOE residual radioactive material guideline computer code, RESRAD, which implements the methodology described in the DOE manual for implementing residual radioactive material guidelines, was used in this evaluation. Four potential scenarios were considered for the site; the scenarios vary with regard to time spent at the site, sources of water used, and sources of food consumed. The results of the evaluation indicate that the basic dose limit of 100 mrem/yr will not be exceeded for uranium within 1,000 years, provided that the soil concentration of combined uranium (uranium-234, uranium-235, and uranium-238) at the Aliquippa Forge site does not exceed the following levels: 1,700 pCi/g for Scenario A (industrial worker: the expected scenario); 3,900 pCi/g for Scenario B (recreationist: a plausible scenario); 20 pCi/g for Scenario C (resident farmer using well water as the only water source: a possible but unlikely scenario), and 530 pCi/g for Scenario D (resident farmer using a distant water source not affected by site conditions as the only water source: a possible but unlikely scenario). The uranium guidelines derived in this report apply to the combined activity concentration of uranium-234, uranium-235, and uranium-238 and were calculated on the basis of a dose of 100 mrem/yr
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Sep 1992; 20 p; Also available from OSTI as DE93017729; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ACTINIDES, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CLEANING, COMPUTER CODES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ELEMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MAGNESIUM 28 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, MASS TRANSFER, METALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, NORTH AMERICA, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOISOTOPES, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, STANDARDS, URANIUM ISOTOPES, USA, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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