Risk Assessment of Low Level Radioactive Waste in Near Surface Disposal Facilities

Sujitha, S and Datta, Sampurna and Babu, Sivakumar GL (2015) Risk Assessment of Low Level Radioactive Waste in Near Surface Disposal Facilities. In: 5th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR), OCT 13-16, 2015, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, pp. 425-430.

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Abstract

In this paper, a radiological model for the risk assessment is developed for the near surface disposal facilities of Cesium, Strontium and Cobalt. In addition to the time-dependent annual release rate and dose rate of the radionuclides, the risk to the critical individual is also estimated. The results show that the highest value of annual dose rate is less than the dose limit to the critical individual. The highest value of dose rate appears at about 200years, and at this time, dominant radionuclides are Cs-137 and Sr-90. The risk obtained is much lower than the specified tolerable risk

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Publisher:	IOS PRESS
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS, 1801 ALEXANDER BELL DR, RESTON, VA 20191-4400 USA
Keywords:	Risk assessment; near surface disposal; uncertainty analysis
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2016 06:31
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2016 06:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/54067

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