DOE/EM/NTP/HB-01ARESOURCEHANDBOOKonDOETRANSPORTATIONRISKASSESSMENTPreparedfor:U.S.DepartmentofEnergyOfficeofEnvironmentalManagementNationalTransportationProgramJuly2002AResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPageiiAResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPageiiiAResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPreparedby:DOETransportationRiskAssessmentWorkingGroupTechnicalSubcommitteeArgonneNationalLaboratory:S.Y.Chen(chair),F.Monette,B.M.BiwerBettisAtomicPowerNationalLaboratory:C.Detrick,T.DunnOakRidgeNationalLaboratory:R.Pope1SandiaNationalLaboratories:R.Luna,R.Yoshimura,R.WeinerScienceApplicationsInternational,Inc.:S.Maheras2DOEEH-32:S.BhatnagarPreparedfor:NationalTransportationProgramU.S.DepartmentofEnergy,AlbuquerqueOfficeAlbuquerque,NewMexicoJuly20021CurrentlyaffiliatedwiththeInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency.2CurrentlyaffiliatedwithBattelleMemorialInstitute.AResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPageivThispageintentionallyleftblank.AResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPagevContentsFiguresviTablesviForewordxiAcronymsxiiiAcknowledgmentsxvii1.Introduction12.ReviewofCurrentDOETransportationRiskAssessmentsRequirementsandGuidance33.HistoricalDevelopmentofDOETransportationAnalyses154.TransportationMethodologyandHistoricalReview235.RoutingandRiskAssessmentModels456.CompilationofAssessmentInputDataandParameters637.References1358.Glossary149AppendixA:DiscussionPapersonEmergingTransportationRiskIssuesA-1AppendixB:CorrespondenceandDocumentationRelatingtotheFormationandOrganizationoftheTransportationRiskAssessmentWorkingGroupB-1AppendixC:IsotopicPropertiesC-1AppendixD:RadionuclideFoodTransferFactorsD-1AResourceHandbookonDOETransportationRiskAssessmentPageviFiguresFigure4.1.TechnicalApproachforTransportationRadiologicalRiskAssessments.24Figure4.2.Incident-FreeCargo-RelatedUnitRisksforMembersofthePublicandTransportationCrewsbyTruckTransport36Figure4.3.DistributionoftheTotalIncident-FreeDosetoMembersofthePublic(personsatstopsandoff-linkandon-linkreceptors)byTruckTransport37Figure4.4.Incident-FreeCargo-RelatedUnitRisksforMembersofthePublicandTransportationCrewsbyRailTransport38Figure4.5.DistributionoftheTotalIncident-FreeDosetoMembersofthePublic(personsatstopsandoff-linkandon-linkreceptors)byRailTransport39Figure4.6.Incident-FreeCargo-RelatedUnitRisksNormalizedbyDoseRateforMembersofthePublic40Figure4.7.Incident-FreeCargo-RelatedUnitRisksforDifferentCargoTypesforMembersofthePublic,fromtheWasteManagementProgrammaticEIS41Figure4.8.NormalizedIncident-FreeCargo-RelatedUnitRisksforaDoseRateof1mrem/hat1mforallCargoTypesMembersofthePublic,fromtheWasteManagementProgrammaticEIS41Figure4.9.DistributionoftheTotalIncident-FreeDosetoMembersofthePublic,PersonsatStops,andOff-linkandOn-linkReceptorsforallCargoTypes,fromtheWasteManagementProgrammaticEIS,TruckTransport42Figure4.10.DistributionoftheTotalIncident-FreeDosetoMembersofthePublic,PersonsatStops,andOff-linkandOn-linkReceptorsforallCargoTypes,fromtheWasteManagementProgrammaticEIS,RailTransport)43Figure6.1.PopulationDensitiesforU.S.CitieswithPopulationsover100,00073Figure6.2.AveragePopulationDensitiesDeterminedforTruckTravelthroughRural,Suburban,andUrbanZones75Figure6.3.AveragePopulationDensitiesDeterminedforRailTravelthroughRural,Suburban,andUrbanZones76Figure6.4.AverageFractionofTruckTravelthroughRu...