Analysis of accident sequences and source terms at treatment and storage facilities for waste generated by US Department of Energy waste management operations

Supplemental analysis of accident sequences and source terms for waste treatment and storage operations and related facilities for the US Department of Energy waste management programmatic environmental impact statement

“…The space time for the ORD facility was shown in an earlier section to be 66 h (7.5 x compared with a value of 1 x yr), yr for the space time of an incinerator (Mueller et al 1996). …”

“…All these accidents can involve release of the radioactive contents of the kiln, the stored ash by-product of the incineration process, or the trapped contents of the filtration systems in the facility. Mueller et al (1996) define the source term parameters. Details of the individual accidents are discussed in the following subsections.…”

“…Consistent with the chemical accident analysis for incineration (Mueller et al 1996), the risk-dominant accident scenario for treatment by ORD is assumed to be a facility fire involving the input feed of organic material to be treated. The limiting chemical accident is assumed to be an operational fire in the feedstock staging area.…”

“…These values may be used as a screening level when explosive events are considered for this study. Mueller et al (1996). 60-99.999 70-99.995 75 .…”

“…This series of events, called an "accident scenario," is usually dominated by one event that is generally responsible for the release of radiologically or chemically hazardous materials to the environment. This report presents supplemental information for the document Analysis of Accident Sequences and Source Terms at Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities for Waste Generated by U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Operations (Mueller et al 1996).…”