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Table 4-68. Probability of an accident during 30 years of offsite transport of radioactive material for each waste forecast under alternative B, dose, and excess latent cancer fatalities from an accident.


Probability of an accident

Waste
Minimum forecast
Expected forecast
Maximum forecast
Dose
(person rem)
Number of excess latent fatal cancers
Low-level1.1×10-6 2.1×10-66.5×10-6 4.8×10-42.4×10-7
Mixed4.6×10-4 1.1×10-32.7×10-3 0.00472.4×10-6
Low-level volume reductiona 1.2×10-61.6×10-6 1.6×10-6370 0.19



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