Technical Assessments Group

TAG staff are assigned to evaluate scientific and engineering topics as required by the radiation control regulations and health physics topics related to operational health and safety.  This is accomplished through staff expertise in environmental and operational health physics, process and civil engineering, and geology.

TAG staff also provide expertise in the evaluation of the decommissioning and reclamation of tailings impoundments at former commercial uranium mill sites (UMTRCA Title II sites) and in situ uranium recovery sites. For more information see the UMTRA project page. In addition, TAG staff also review financial security issues for conventional and in-situ uranium facilities and waste processors.  Staff also provide support and expertise for emergency response, radiological assessment for sites contaminated with residual radioactivity, and indoor radon information to the public.

• Review applications and amendment requests and prepare analyses.
• Review basic meteorology and climatology data for new applications and amendments.
• Review, integrate and interpret socioeconomic data and perform confirmatory analyses as needed.
• Review impact of facilities on land use and cultural resources.
• Integrate and interpret available geological/hydrological data and assess the environmental impacts of proposed, current or past activities.
• Review proposed groundwater protection plans from uranium licensees and make determinations regarding their adequacy.
• Perform radiological assessment work that includes reviewing radiation dose estimates for various uses of radioactivity.
• Review the findings of environmental monitoring programs and assess the environmental impacts of proposed, current or past licensed activities.
• Analyze and evaluate engineering processes to be used by an applicant or licensee for consistency with regulations and good engineering practices.
• Review and analyze transportation and operational accident analyses.
• Review and analyze financial security documentation for decommissioning and reclamation.
• Review, integrate, and interpret available civil engineering data and assess the environmental impacts of proposed, current or past activities.
• Provide technical information to the public, regulated community, and staff concerning scientific and engineering assessments.