T6 International Panel Discussion on Assessing Environmental Risk from Radioactive Releases
Practitioners in radiation protection focus heavily on evaluating and quantifying the impacts of radioactive material on human health. Recent direction by some U.S. Federal and international regulatory programs and in technical guidance suggests that radiation protection of nonhuman targets needs to be more rigorous and based on site-specific data and monitoring. Therefore, this session has the following objectives:
- Identify domestic and international ground water monitoring and modeling tools used to quantify environmental risk from radioactive releases.
- Explore the benefits of quantitatively assessing radiological consequences to nonhuman targets.
- Understand the state-of-the-science in quantitative ecological risk assessment for radioactive releases.
A panel of national and international practitioners will present short papers and participate in a roundtable discussion evaluating the impacts of radioactive material on nonhuman and environmental resource targets. The session will do the following:
- Provide case examples in which human health was secondary to environmental protection for radioactive material.
- Describe methods used to quantify resource (e.g., ground water) degradation.
- Discuss the need to update present-day dose criteria for the protection of plants and animals.
- Provide case examples of ecological risk assessments for radioactive releases.
SESSION CHAIR:
Thomas Nicholson, Sr. Technical Advisor, Division of Risk Analysis, NRC/RES
SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:
- Overview of Environmental Monitoring and Modeling for Non-Human Biota
Steven Schaffer, Sr. Health Physicist, Division of Risk Analysis, NRC/RES and Ralph Cady , Sr. Performance Assessment Analyst, Division of Risk Analysis, NRC/RES - Site-Specific and Landscape-Level Environmental Modeling Following Radioactive Releases: A Case Example Around a French Nuclear Power Plant
Christophe Mourlon, Research Engineer, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) - U.S. EPA CERCLA (Superfund) Ecological Radiation Risk Assessments for Biota Receptors
Stuart Walker, Superfund Remedial Program Radiation Lead, Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Risk Assessments for Non-Human Species and Environmental Resources: The Canadian Experience
Michael Rinker, Director, Environmental Risk Assessment Division and Steve Mihok , Environmental Risk Assessment Specialist, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission - Protection of Non-Human Biota from Radioactive Discharges: The Environment Agency's Approach
Claire Cailes, Nuclear New Build Assessor, Environment Agency for England and Wales - Environmental Risk Assessment Techniques Used at DOE Sites
Katharine McLellan, Health Physicist, Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance, Department of Energy - Stephen Klementowicz, Sr. Health Physicist, Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch, Division of License Renewal, NRC/NRR
- Donald Palmrose, Sr. Project Manager, Environmental Technical Support Branch, Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis, NRC/NRO
- Stephanie Bush-Goddard, Branch Chief, Radiation Protection Branch, Division of Systems Analysis, NRC/RES
- Andrew Imboden, Branch Chief , Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch, Division of License Renewal, NRC/NRR
- Johari Moore, Project Manager, Environmental Review Branch, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NRC/FSME
- Boby Eid, Sr. Technical Advisor, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, NRC/FSME
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Steven Schaffer, Sr. Health Physicist, Division of Systems Analysis, NRC/RES, tel: 301-251-7473, e-mail: Steven.Schaffer@nrc.gov
