Project Profiles - Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)

• Fact Sheet: CDC Research Involving Radiation Releases from the Idaho National Laboratory (PDF, 108 Kb)

INEEL Dose Reconstruction Project

During the past 40 years, the Department of Energy has operated and tested more than 50 reactors at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in southeastern Idaho. Also tested were waste-disposal, fuel processing, and fuel handling facilities. The Radiation Studies Branch started a dose reconstruction study at this site in 1992. The purpose of this research is to identify the release of chemicals and radioactive materials since the site opened and determine the potential health effects of these releases on the community. The CDC and its contractors have conducted a complete document search and created a bibliographic database, Phase I. A subsequent contractor conducted additional searches, plus copied many documents identified in Phase I. This database is available on the Internet.

>>The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Searchable Bibliographic Database

The CDC has completed preliminary studies of the radionuclide and chemical releases (following are final reports). The National Academy of Sciences has conducted a review of the radionuclide report.

• Identification and Prioritization of the Radionuclide Releases from INEEL (PDF, 8.2 Mb)
    
  • Resumen Ejecutivo en Espanol (PDF, 38 Kb)
  • Support files (ZIP, 2,335 Kb)
    
    
    • Reported Annual Release Estimates from ICPP (Ci) (file name: FacilityAirReleases.xls)
      
      
    • Radioactivity (Ci) in Liquid Waste Releases at the INEEL Reported From Various Facilities From Osloond (1970), ERDA (1977), Radioactive Waste Management Information Reports (file name: LiquidEffluents.xls)
      
      
    • Ranking Releases (1952-1992) of Radionuclides to Air from the INEEL Considering All Pathways at Offsite Location (file name: OffsiteAirRanking.xls)
      
      
    • Releases (1953) of Radionuclides to Air from the INEEL Considering Inhalation and Plume Immersion Pathways at Onsite Location (file name: OnSiteAirRanking.xls)
      
      
    • Estimating Releases of Sr-91, Y-91, Y-91m, Tc-99m, Ru-103, Te-132, I-132, I-133, I-135, Xe-131m, Xe-133m, Ce-141, Hg-203 for Years When These Radionuclides Were Not Reported (file name: SpecialCalculations.xls)
      
      

  
  

• Chemical Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Study (PDF, 448 Kb)
  
  
• Resumen Ejecutivo en Espanol (PDF, 18 Kb)

• NAS Review of the Report on Identification and Prioritization of the Radionuclide Releases from INEEL

The contractor has prepared the following final reports.

• An Analysis of the Atmospheric Dispersion of Radionuclides Released from the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (PDF, 9.18 Mb)
  
  
• Doses to the Public from Atmospheric Releases of Radionuclides from the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (PDF, 1.57 Mb)
  
  
• Selection of Radionuclides for Inclusion in Dose Reconstructions at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (PDF, 100 Kb)
  
  
• A Critical Review of Source Terms for Select Initial Engine Tests Associated with the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program at INEEL (PDF, 6.1 Mb)
  
  
• Method of Screening of Radionuclides Released to the Atmosphere from Facilities at INEEL (PDF, 489 Kb)
  
  
• Exposure Scenarios for Use in Estimating Radiation Doses to the Public from Historical Atmospheric Releases of Radionuclides at INEEL (PDF, 528 Kb)
  
  
• Atmospheric Source Terms for the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (PDF, 4.31 Mb)
  
  
• Aerosol Releases from the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
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Links to Related Websites:

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)

Idaho Operations Office (Department of Energy)

INEEL Citizens Advisory Board (for environmental clean-up -- Superfund activities, DOE sponsored)

INEEL Oversight Program

National Academy of Sciences Review of the Draft Report