This is a brief description of studies that exemplify the methods and approaches that have been developed and used by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers in conducting integrated assessments. See the complete list of Integrated Assessment Briefs to find out more about ORNL's efforts in integrated assessment. Contact Mike Farrell (farrellmp@ornl.gov) for more information.

DOE On-Site Waste Management Projects

Preliminary site locations are shown for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's proposed waste management projects for Melton Valley.

What impacts are expected from the transport and storage of radioactive and hazardous waste generated and stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)?

Integrated assessments for various waste storage activities at ORNL evaluated the impacts of transport and storage on the following: environment (air, water, ecology), health, safety, archaeology/cultural resources, and socioeconomics.

Depending on the site location and waste form, each resource may be affected to a different degree. In general, the integrated assessments found the greatest impacts to be related to occupational exposures to radiation. However, impacts on human health from exposures occurring during normal operations (e.g., transport of waste) or accident situations were not deemed significant.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 1994. Draft environmental assessment--Class III/IV solid low-level waste storage at Solid Waste Storage Area 7 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Department of Energy. 1994. Environmental assessment--Construction and operation of retrievable transuranic and transuranic mixed waste storage facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. DOE/EA-0349. Prepared by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 1994. Draft environmental assessment--Melton Valley storage tank capacity increase project. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

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Integrated Assessment Briefs. 1995. ORNL/M-4227. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.