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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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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