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Table E-7. H-Canyon plutonium solutions.

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

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

CONVERSION

H-Canyon (limiting solution source term)

Same accident analysis as that for the No-Action Alternative

HB-Line, Phase II (normal processing)

Severe earthquake

7.00E-04

2.00E-04

1.79E-02

8.82E-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

Table E-7. (continued).

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

Existing Vaults (235-F)

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-5

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

F-Canyon (without dissolver)

Airborne release of plutonium solution resulting from coil and tube failure in F-Canyon water cooling tower

17.0

4.00E-02

16.5

0.755

4.42E+03

2.6E-04

6.6E-03

1.5E-05

3.8E-04

8.8E-02

2.2

Severe earthquake

64.7

2.00E-04

9.91

0.447

2.64E+03

7.9E-07

4.0E-03

4.5E-08

2.2E-04

2.6E-04

1.3

Fire in a plutonium process vessel

56.2

6.10E-05

10.6

1.75

1.29E+04

2.6E-07

4.3E-03

5.3E-08

8.8E-04

3.9E-04

6.5

Inadvertent nuclear criticality

2.40E+05

1.60E-03

(b)

7.43E-03

12.9

(b)

(b)

5.9E-09

3.7E-06

1.0E-05

6.5E-03

Inadvertent transfer of plutonium solution from a processing vessel to the ground outside building

24.9

7.40E-05

1.61

7.24E-02

4.30E+02

4.8E-08

6.4E-04

2.7E-09

3.6E-05

1.6E-05

0.22

Table E-7. (continued).

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)

ADDITIONAL CONVERSION

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 gloveboxes

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

FB-Line (processing)

Severe earthquake

4.34

2.00E-04

11.3

0.521

3.06E+03

9.0E-07

4.5E-03

5.2E-08

2.6E-04

3.0E-04

1.5

Inadvertent nuclear criticality in processing solution or solid

(b)

1.40E-04

(b)

2.64E-03

2.93

(b)

(b)

1.8E-10

1.3E-06

2.1E-07

1.5E-03

Propagated fire in processing vessels or gloveboxes

0.105

5.26E-03

4.33E-02

7.13E-03

52.7

9.1E-08

1.7E-05

1.9E-08

1.3E-06

1.4E-04

2.6E-02

F-Canyon (second plutonium cycle contribution)

Airborne release of plutonium solution resulting from coil and tube failure in F-Canyon water cooling tower

0.218

4.00E-02

0.531

2.44E-02

1.44E+02

8.8E-06

2.2E-04

4.8E-07

1.2E-05

2.9E-03

7.2E-02

Severe earthquake

0.365

2.00E-04

3.43

0.158

9.22E+02

2.8E-07

1.4E-03

1.6E-08

7.9E-05

9.2E-05

0.46

Fire in a plutonium process vessel

1.59

6.10E-05

2.27

0.378

2.78E+03

5.5E-08

9.0E-04

1.2E-08

1.9E-04

8.5E-05

1.4

Inadvertent nuclear criticality

2.40E+05

1.60E-03

(b)

7.43E-03

12.9

(b)

(b)

5.9E-09

3.7E-06

1.0E-05

6.5E-03

Inadvertent transfer of plutonium solution from a processing vessel to the ground outside building.

9.65E-02

7.40E-05

0.872

4.02E-02

2.35E+02

2.6E-08

3.5E-04

1.5E-09

2.0E-05

8.7E-06

0.12

Table E-7. (continued).

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)

POST-STABILIZATION 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

a. MEI = maximally exposed individual.

b. These data were not available.



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