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Table 4-14. Summary of representative bounding accidents under the no-action alternative.a

Increased risk of latent fatal cancers per yearb


Accident Description

Affected waste typesc

Frequency
(per year)
Uninvolved worker at 100 meters
Uninvolved worker at 640 meters
Maximally exposed offsite individual
Population within 80 kilometers
RHLWEd release due to a feed line break High-level0.07e 1.79x10-5 6.38x10-8 1.32x10-8 6.34x10-4
RHLWE release due to a design basis earthquake High-level2.00x10-4f 1.54x10-6 5.46x10-8 1.12x10-9 5.43x10-5
RHLWE release due to evaporator pressurization and breech High-level5.09x10-5g 1.95x10-6 3.46x10-8 7.13x10-10 3.44x10-5
Design basis ETFh airborne release due to tornado High-level
Mixed
3.69x10-7i 3.20x10-13 1.02x10-14 7.20x10-15 6.35x10-14
Container breach at the ILNTVj Low-level
Mixed
0.02e 0.001041.84x10-5 3.31x10-7 0.0168
High wind at the ILNTVLow-level 0.001f4.04x10-10 2.43x10-10 1.52x10-10 1.06x10-5
Tornado at the ILNTVLow-level 2.00x10-5g 3.26x10-12 6.18x10-10 1.18x10-10 1.18x10-7
Earthquake at the SRTCk storage tanks Mixed2.00x10-4f 4.80x10-7 1.54x10-8 8.06x10-10 3.60x10-6
F3 tornadol at Building 316-M Mixed2.80x10-5g 5.35x10-12 1.29x10-9 1.65x10-9 1.12x10-9
Deflagration in culvert during TRUm drum retrieval activities Transuranic1.00x10-2 8.96x10-4 1.59x10-5 2.86x10-7 1.45x10-2
Fire in culvert at the TRU waste storage pads (one drum in culvert) Transuranic8.10x10-4f 3.07x10-4 5.48x10-6 9.84x10-8 0.0498
Vehicle crash with resulting fire at the TRU waste storage pads Transuranic6.50x10-5g 4.47x10-6 7.96x10-8 1.43x10-9 7.25x10-5


a. A complete description and analysis of the representative bounding accidents are presented in Appendix F.

b. Increased risk of fatal cancers per year is calculated by multiplying the [consequence (dose) x latent cancer conversion factor] x annual frequency. For dose consequences and latent cancer fatalities per dose, see tables in Appendix F.

c. The waste type for which the accident scenario is identified as a representative bounding accident. A representative bounding accident may be identified for more than one waste type. These waste types are high-level, low-level, mixed, and transuranic.

d. Replacement High-Level Waste Evaporator.

e. The frequency of this accident scenario is within the anticipated accident range.

f. The frequency of this accident scenario is within the unlikely accident range.

g. The frequency of this accident scenario is within the extremely unlikely accident range.

h. F/H-Area Effluent Treatment Facility.

i. The frequency of this accident scenario is within the beyond-extremely-unlikely accident range.

j. Intermediate-Level Nontritium Vault.

k. Savannah River Technology Center.

l. F3 tornadoes have rotational wind speeds of 254 to 331 kilometers (158 to 206 miles) per hour.

m. Transuranic.




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