Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: e6522906-ea8a-4279-a417-3ba3eec01014
Document Type: esrp
Title: URANIUM FUEL CYCLE IMPACTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.7
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el total requirement or reference reactor year of model 1000 MWe LWR NUREG-1555 5.7-12 October 1999 Particulates Other gases: F HCl Liquids: SO4 = NO3 - Fluoride Ca++ Cl- Na+ NH3 Fe Tailings solutions (thousands of MT) Solids EFFLUENTS—RADIOLOGICAL (CURIES): Gases (including entrainment): Rn-222 Ra-226 Th-230 Uranium Tritium (thousands) C-14 Kr-85 (thousands) Ru-106 I-129 I-131 Tc-99 1,154 0.67 0.14 9.9 25.8 12.9 5.4 8.5 12.1 10.0 0.4 240 91,000 0.02 0.02 0.034 18.1 24 400 0.14 1.3 0.83 Principally from UF6 production, enrichment, and reprocessing. Concentration within range of State standards—below level that has effects on human health From enrichment, fuel fabrication, and repro- cessing steps. Components that constitute a potential for adverse environmental effect are present in dilute concentrations and receive additional dilution by receiving bodies of water to levels below permissible standards. The constituents that require dilution and the flow of dilution water are: NH3—600 cfs., NO3—20 cfs., Fluoride—70 cfs. From mills only—no significant effluents to environment Principally from mills—no significant effluents to environment Presently under reconsideration by the Commission Principally from fuel-reprocessing plants Presently under consideration by the Commission Table 5.7-A-1. (contd) Environmental Considerations Total Maximum effect per annual fuel total requirement or reference reactor year of model 1000 MWe LWR October 1999 5.7-13 NUREG-1555 Fission products and transuranics Liquids: Uranium and daughters Ra-226 Th-230 Th-234 0.203 2.1 0.0034 0.0015 0.01 Principally from milling-included in tailings liquor and returned to ground-no effluents; therefore, no effect on environment From UF6 production From fuel fabrication plants - concentration 10% of 10 CFR 20 for total processing 26 annual fuel requirements for model LWR Fission and activation products 5.9 x 10-6 Solids (buried onsite): Other than high level (shallow) 11,300 9100 Ci comes