ML060330078

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Outline: Basis for 20. 2002 Alternative Disposal Procedure for Us Ecology Idaho Site, W/Handwritten Notes
ML060330078
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Site: Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/04/2004
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- No Known Affiliation
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ML060320259 List:
References
FOIA/PA-2005-0293
Download: ML060330078 (2)


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A Basis for 20.2002 Alternative Disposal Procedure for US Ecology Idaho Site <

Site location and Physical Data

  • Southeast of Boise, Idaho in Greenview, Idaho (Population 350)
  • 1 resident within 1 /2miles (1 1/4 mi east)
  • Mean elevation - 2600 ft
  • Average rainfall - 7.26 in. /yr (Desert Environment)
  • Average Evaporation Rate - >42 in. /yr Facility Design
  • Facility is a Subtitle C RCRA hazardous waste disposal facility permitted by the State of Idaho (EPA Agreement State)
  • Has received radioactive material since 2002, hazardous waste since 1973
  • Permitted/regulated for receipt of Radioactive Materials under Idaho Hazardous Waste Management Act and rules issued by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality - Allowable dose to member of public after site closure -

thk5 mrem/yr TEDE, No separate groundwater standard lwc V"I

  • Runoff mitigated by runoff collection, containment and solar evaporation system
  • 3.6 meter Cover when a cell is closed consisting of compacted soil & 40 mil HDPE liner
  • 61 meter thick unsaturated zone between the base of the disposal cell and groundwater
  • 31 meter thick contaminated zone
  • Currently Operating Cell #15:

o Designed for 3.6 Million Cubic Yards aA-Ac dI X-tA~l l)o (

o 2 polyethylene liners with leak detection system between liners at the cell J bottom, additional clay banier layer below the poly liners Post-Closure Plan

  • As required for RCRA disposal facilities o Post Closure Monitoring for 30 years Radiation Protection- Program - Operational
  • Airborne Effluents Monitoring

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  • Site Personal dose monitored/mainl:ained below 400 mrem/yr (Basis for Waste Acceptance Criteria)
  • General Radiation Protection Standard for the public o 100 mrem/yr TEDE onsite o 25imrern/yr TEDE offsite
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NRC Approved Disposal of Radioactive Materials from i

  • Kaiser Aluminum - Thorium and Radium - Disposal approved by NRC under

'N 40.13 (Unimportant Quantities of Source Material) - Shipments to begin later this month

  • Mallinckrodt, Inc - Embedded Natural Uranium and Thorium - Disposal approved by NRC under 40.13 - Volume to Date: 7,000 Cubic yards CY Disposal Plans Ta-ks
  • Maximum Vo ef4000 ubyards (Approximately 1 % of the volume of Op Cell #15)
  • Concrete and structural metal from demolition of portions of building above 4 foot below grade, certain basements
  • Inside concrete structures of certain buildings such as containment, remediated

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Proposed Dose Modeling Information J V- %0 a

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  • Utilize RESRAD Version 6.21 Ar'tis Je V)vlAs OI C\(a
  • Input Parameters: (As utilized in Kaiser Aluminum 40.13 submittal) o Cover Depth: 3.6 meters o Thickness of Contaminated Zone: 31 meters o Unsaturated Zone Thickness: 61 meters(measured depth to water table) t' - oo Area of Contaminated Zone: 88,220 square meters Length parallel to aquifer flow: 543 meters o Hydraulic gradient of the saturated zone: 0.007 e, TA- ge o Hydraulic conductivity of the saturated zone: 6.7 m/yr vkkLLL AC)t' oo Evapotranspiration Contaminated zone hydraulic conductivity 31.6 m/yr coefficient (0.75), precipitation (0.184 rn/yr) o Density of cover: 1.78 g/cc (Based on average cover material) 1jj o Cover Total Porosity: 0.412 (Based on average cover material)

~ U1--%11) / o Cover volumetric water content: 0.0265 (Based on average cover material) o Cover erosion rate: 0.0001 in/yr (Based on lack of precipitation & cover materials of construction) o Use RESRAD default values for all other parameters

_U I o Unlike Kiaser Aluminum, propose to use RESRAD defaults for:

TT Cover radon diffusion coefficient Contaminated zone radon diffusion coefficient Building Air Exchange rate Precedent for 20.2002 for CY type of waste material a Big Rock Point decommissioning waste disposal at a State of Michigan licensed Type 11 landfill

  • Utilized RESRAD Version 6.0QA]I input Parameters were RESRAD Defaults except:

o 18" infiltration layer and 24 erosion assumed intact at end of 30 year post closure monitoring period