Table E-12. Plutonium-238 scrap.
Latent cancer fatalities (LCF) |
Accident consequences |
Uninvolved |
Offsite |
Quantity |
Uninvolved |
Offsite |
worker |
MEI |
population |
released |
Frequency |
worker |
MEIa |
population |
(Point Estimate of Increased Risk per year) |
Accident |
(curies) |
(per year) |
(rem) |
(rem) |
(person-rem) |
(Increased Risk of LCF per occurrence) |
NO ACTION |
HB-Line Vault (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 |
1.43E-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 |
CONVERSION |
HB-Line Phase I (Pu-238 Recovery) |
Propagated fire |
(b) |
5.26E-03 |
0.185 |
0.100 |
1.21E+03 |
3.9E-07 7.4E-05 |
2.6E-07 5.0E-05 |
3.2E-03 0.61 | |
Medium energetic event |
(b) |
3.7E-03 |
2.18E-02 |
1.18E-02 |
1.43E+02 |
3.2E-08 8.7E-06 |
2.2E-08 5.9E-06 |
2.7E-04 7.2E-02 | |
Severe earthquake |
(b) |
2.0E-04 |
7.48E-02 |
9.27E-03 |
77.4 |
6.0E-09 3.0E-05 |
9.3E-10 4.6E-06 |
7.7E-06 3.9E-02 | |
H-Canyon (Frame Waste Recovery) | |||||||||
Severe earthquake |
(b) |
2.0E-04 |
1.09 |
1.1 |
9.03E+03 |
8.7E-08 4.4E-04 |
1.1E-07 5.5E-04 |
9.0E-04 4.5 | |
Fire |
(b) |
2.11E-05 |
0.562 |
0.303 |
3.63E+03 |
4.7E-09 2.3E-04 |
3.2E-09 1.5E-04 |
3.8E-05 1.8 | |
Uncontrolled reaction |
(b) |
7.9E-02 |
5.86E-02 |
3.16E-02 |
31.6 |
1.9E-06 2.3E-05 |
1.3E-06 1.6E-05 |
1.3E-03 1.6E-02 | |
Transfer error to outside |
(b) |
4.0E-04 |
1.25 |
0.672 |
8.05E+03 |
2.0E-07 5.0E-04 |
1.3E-07 3.1E-04 |
1.6E-03 4.0 | |
Coil and tube failure |
(b) |
1.5E-02 |
(b) |
0.290 |
7.6E+03 |
(b) (b) |
2.2E-06 1.5E-04 |
5.7E-02 3.8 |
Latent cancer fatalities (LCF) |
Accident consequences |
Uninvolved |
Offsite |
Quantity |
Uninvolved |
Offsite |
worker |
MEI |
population |
released |
Frequency |
worker |
MEIa |
population |
(Point Estimate of Increased Risk per year) |
Accident |
(curies) |
(per year) |
(rem) |
(rem) |
(person-rem) |
(Increased Risk of LCF per occurrence) |
CONVERSION (continued) |
HB-Line Phase III (Normal Processing) |
Propagated fire |
(b) |
(b) |
4.9E-02 |
2.67E-02 |
3.24E+02 |
(b) 2.0E-05 |
(b) 1.3E-05 |
(b) 0.16 | |
Medium energetic event |
(b) |
7.0E-04 |
7.85E-03 |
4.24E-03 |
51.4 |
2.2E-09 3.1E-06 |
1.5E-09 2.1E-06 |
1.8E-05 2.6E-02 | |
Severe earthquake |
(b) |
2.00E-04 |
2.00E-02 |
2.48E-03 |
20.7 |
1.6E-09 8.0E-06 |
2.4E-10 1.2E-06 |
2.1E-06 1.0E-02 |
INTERIM STORAGE |
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 |
HB-Line Vault (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 | |
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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