Hazard Characterization and Special Considerations for Environmental and Decontamination and Decommissioning Activities

Download or read book Hazard Characterization and Special Considerations for Environmental and Decontamination and Decommissioning Activities written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has changed from defense production of special nuclear materials to cleanup of production facilities at the Hanford Site. The DOE contractors have formed the Energy Facility Contractors Group to support this change in mission. In addition, the Safety Analysis Working Subgroup for Environmental Restoration and Decontamination and Decommissioning (ER/D & D) was formed to identify, develop, and share information that supports safety analyses and engineering of ER/D & D activities. Safety analysis is in part the process of identifying and understanding the hazards that could result in exposures to radiological or chemical hazardous substances. The following paragraphs address the special considerations given to hazard characterization for ER/D & D activities.