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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Table E-11. Solids.

Latent cancer fatalities (LCF)

Accident consequences

Uninvolved

Offsite

Quantity

Uninvolved

Offsite

worker

MEI

population

Accident

released (curies)

Frequency

(per year)

worker

(rem)

MEIa

(rem)

population

(person-rem)

(Point estimate of increased risk per year)

(Increased risk of LCF per occurrence)

NO ACTION

235-F (storage)

Rupture storage container (e.g. radiolytic decay)

5.14E-04

2.00E-02

8.62E-04

1.43E-04

1.05

6.9E-09

3.4E-07

1.4E-09

7.2E-08

1.1E-05

5.3E-04

Severe earthquake

1.05E-02

2.00E-04

0.60

7.0E-03

10

4.8E-08

2.4E-04

7.0E-10

3.5E-06

1.0E-06

5.0E-03

Fire

2.0E-05

5.0E-02

6.0E-04

2.0E-05

0.10

1.2E-08

2.4E-07

5.0E-10

1.0E-08

2.5E-06

5.0E-05

FB-Line (storage)

Severe earthquake

0.868

2.00E-04

2.27

0.104

6.12E+02

1.8E-07

9.1E-04

1.0E-08

5.1E-05

6.1E-05

0.31

Inadvertent nuclear criticality in storage and vaults

(b)

8.76E-05

(b)

1.60E-03

1.71

(b)

(b)

7.0E-11

8.0E-07

7.5E-08

8.6E-04

CONVERSION

HB-Line (Phase I with americium contribution)

Propagated fire in gloveboxes containing plutonium processing vessels

0.615

5.26E-03

2.05

0.338

2.49E+03

4.3E-06

8.2E-04

8.9E-07

1.7E-04

6.5E-03

1.3

Severe earthquake

4.00E-02

2.0E-04

0.910

4.07E-02

2.43E+02

7.3E-08

3.6E-04

4.1E-09

2.0E-05

2.4E-05

0.12

Latent cancer fatalities (LCF)

Accident consequences

Uninvolved

Offsite

Quantity

Uninvolved

Offsite

worker

MEI

population

Accident

released (curies)

Frequency

(per year)

worker

(rem)

MEIa

(rem)

population

(person-rem)

(Point estimate of increased risk per year)

(Increased risk of LCF per occurrence)

CONVERSION (continued)

H-Canyon (limiting solution source term)

Unpropagated fire in solution vessel

0.594

2.02E-02

2.15

0.355

2.62E+03

1.7E-05

8.6E-04

3.6E-06

1.8E-04

2.6E-02

1.3

Inadvertent transfer from a processing vessel to the ground outside the H-Canyon building

1.32

4.00E-04

31.0

1.42

8.27E+03

1.0E-05

2.4E-02

2.8E-07

7.1E-04

1.7E-03

4.1

Inadvertent transfer of solution to H-Canyon sump

3.15E-02

8.10E-02

0.114

1.88E-02

1.39E+02

3.7E-06

4.6E-05

7.6E-07

9.4E-06

5.6E-03

7.0E-02

Airborne release of solutions resulting from coil and tube failure in H-Canyon cooling system

2.08E-02

2.55E-03

0.136

6.25E-03

36

1.4E-07

5.4E-05

8.0E-09

3.1E-06

4.6E-05

1.8E-02

Inadvertent nuclear criticality

4.76E+04

1.56E-03

(b)

1.32E-03

(b)

(b)

(b)

1.0E-09

6.6E-07

(b)

(b)

Severe earthquake

1.17

2.00E-04

27.4

1.26

7.31E+03

4.4E-06

2.2E-02

1.3E-07

6.3E-04

7.3E-04

3.7

HB-Line Phase II (normal processing)

Severe earthquake

7.00E-04

2.00E-04

1.79E-02

8.28E-04

4.83

1.4E-09

7.2E-06

8.3E-11

4.1E-07

4.8E-07

2.4E-03

Unpropagated fire in gloveboxes

1.60E-03

4.70E-02

6.46E-03

1.07E-03

7.88

1.2E-07

2.6E-06

2.5E-08

5.4E-07

1.9E-04

3.9E-03

Latent cancer fatalities (LCF)

Accident consequences

Uninvolved

Offsite

Quantity

Uninvolved

Offsite

worker

MEI

population

Accident

released (curies)

Frequency

(per year)

worker

(rem)

MEIa

(rem)

population

(person-rem)

(Point estimate of increased risk per year)

(Increased risk of LCF per occurrence)

CONVERSION (continued)

Actinide Packaging Facility (FB-Line drying)

Severe earthquake

1.74

2.00E-04

4.54

0.208

1.22E+03

3.6E-07

1.8E-03

2.0E-08

1.0E-04

1.2E-04

0.62

Inadvertent nuclear criticality

(b)

5.26E-05

(b)

2.64E-03

2.93

(b)

(b)

6.9E-11

1.3E-06

7.7E-08

1.5E-03

Propagated fire in a glovebox

3.37E-03

5.26E-03

1.39E-03

2.29E-04

1.69

2.9E-09

5.5E-07

6.1E-10

1.2E-07

4.5E-06

8.4E-04

INTERIM STORAGE

Existing storage

Rupture storage container (e.g. radiolytic decay)

5.14E-04

2.00E-02

8.62E-04

1.43E-04

1.05

6.9E-09

3.4E-07

1.4E-09

7.2E-08

1.1E-05

5.3E-04

Severe earthquake

1.05E-02

2.00E-04

0.60

7.0E-03

10

4.8E-08

2.4E-04

7.0E-10

3.5E-06

1.0E-06

5.0E-03

Fire

2.0E-05

5.0E-02

6.0E-04

2.0E-05

0.10

1.2E-08

2.4E-07

5.0E-10

1.0E-08

2.5E-06

5.0E-05

Storage Vault

Severe earthquake

1.05E-02

2.00E-04

0.60

7.0E-03

10

4.8E-08

2.4E-04

7.0E-10

3.5E-06

1.0E-06

5.0E-03

Fire

2.0E-05

5.0E-02

6.0E-04

2.0E-05

0.10

1.2E-08

2.4E-07

5.0E-10

1.0E-08

2.5E-06

5.0E-05

Latent cancer fatalities (LCF)

Accident consequences

Uninvolved

Offsite

Quantity

Uninvolved

Offsite

worker

MEI

population

Accident

released (curies)

Frequency

(per year)

worker

(rem)

MEIa

(rem)

population

(person-rem)

(Point estimate of increased risk per year)

(Increased risk of LCF per occurrence)

INTERIM STORAGE (continued)

High-Level Waste Tanks

Severe earthquake

(b)

2.00E-04

(b)

3.41E-03

0.26

(b)

(b)

3.4E-10

1.7E-06

2.6E-08

1.3E-04

Hydrogen explosion in a tank

(b)

2.00E-05

0.291

1.13E-02

0.43

2.3E-09

1.2E-04

1.1E-10

5.7E-06

4.3E-09

2.2E-04

Waste tank filter fire

(b)

2.5E-02

9.55E-02

3.68E-03

8.5

9.6E-07

3.8E-05

4.6E-08

1.8E-06

1.1E-04

4.3E-03

a. MEI = maximally exposed individual.

b. These data were not available.



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