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[en] Performance Assessment (PA) modeling of the Saltstone Disposal Facility (SDF) shows that iodine-129 (I-129) dominates peaks of potential future doses, followed by contributions from technetium-99 (Tc-99). While these radionuclides are important from a PA perspective, they are relatively unimportant from a safety analysis or occupational exposure perspective. As such, the storage of Tc-99 and I-129 within liquid waste at Savannah River Site (SRS) have not been well tracked, resulting in considerable uncertainty in the estimated inventories of Tc-99 and I-129 used for PA modeling. Alternatively, cesium-137 (Cs-137) is considered a high-risk radionuclide from an occupational exposure perspective and is well characterized. Within the liquid waste at SRS, analyses have shown that concentrations of Cs-137 are closely correlated to both Tc-99 and I-129. These correlations and the abundance of Cs-137 data were leveraged to significantly reduce inventory uncertainty for waste destined to be disposed at the SDF. Previous attempts to mathematically define these correlations had two flaws: (1) the defined correlations failed to address the impact of the relatively short half-life of Cs-137 compared to the long half-lives of Tc-99 and I-129, and (2) the analyses relied on a small number of samples. To address the issue of the decay rate from the short half-life, all Cs-137 concentrations were decayed to a single future date. To improve the number of samples used to develop the correlations, a literature review was performed resulting in a larger data set. The data underwent a validation process, then the correlations were updated. The resulting correlations were used to improve inventory estimates for Tc-99 and I-129 for an ongoing revision to the SDF PA. (author)
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2019; 12 p; WM2019: 45. Annual Waste Management Conference; Phoenix, AZ (United States); 3-7 Mar 2019; Available from: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (US); Country of input: France; 15 refs.; available online at: https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2019/index.html
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, DOSES, HAZARDS, HEALTH HAZARDS, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, IODINE ISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, RADIOISOTOPES, SIMULATION, TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES, US AEC, US DOE, US ERDA, US ORGANIZATIONS, WASTES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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