Risk assessment of mixed-waste sites

Techniques for assessing worker and public risks attributable to atmospherically-released contaminants from a mixed-waste site are presented. The techniques are used to assess, for several different remedial actions, the risk to workers and the public from nonradioactive chemicals atmospherically released from several waste sites. Other models and health risk procedures can be used to assess radioactive releases and other applicable environmental media, i.e. surface and ground water. The risks from nonradioactive contaminants that were calculated from the atmospheric pathway are low, no site or site remediation option, taken individually or summed, posed an unacceptable risk to the public. Risks to workers were also well below thresholds accepted by society.<
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