EIS-0113_Section_11 - Hanford Site

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C0MMENTS ON APPENDIX
METHOD FOR CALCULATING NONRADIOLOGICAL INJURIES
AND ILLNESSES AND AND NONNADIOLOGICAL FATALITIES
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— Vehicular accidents, in which project-related noaradiologieal materials
shipments and related transport workers are involved in collisions with
members of Me general pub li c ( dr ivers or pedestrians) in nearby
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Appendix G stat es en page 0.1 that its p ur pose Is to describe metbods used "to es timate
postulated nonradlolegical injuries and illnesses and nonradioltgical fatalities associated
with each alterna ti ve analysed in th is RIB." This appendix sets forth five (5) categori es
of norea iblcgiral inj ur i es , illn es ses, and fata0ties as follows:
• Occupational inj ur y ammo ated with actual work environment;
— Other accidents stemming from generally increased economic activity.
• Pr o perty damage r es ul ti ng from local or regional vehi cu lar accidents
Involving commuting employees, .n nradlological materials shipments, end
members of the general pub li c within the vicinity of the project site:.
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• Occupational Hones related to workplace conditions in .which workers
contract acute or. chronic disease which. may be caused by inlulation,
absorp tiaq I ,Fwfion, or oNer d ir ect contact;
Lost workdays due to occupational inju ry or Wnew;
• Increased airborne nonradiolegical emissions from increased vehicular traf fic
in the study area.
Date on local/regional traffic volumes, accident frequency, and
transportation injuries and fatalities should be provided in Appendix G or
. Appendix R to support f ur ther analysis of such impacts
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• Recordable ease involving occupational injury or illness, Including death; 3
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• Nonfatal cases without lost workdays.
The following comments refer. to Appendix G:
1. A major deficiency of Appendix G (end (be entire Draft EIS) is the li mited scope of
nonretlioltgiml effaces. As noted above, ihb appendix c nrediolagical
occupational imcecte only, No attempt Is made to identify nor evaluate other
significant n nradiological impacts which are likely or possible e a result of the
postulated defame waste disposal site rnalive.. Thee include, but are not limited
to, the fo ll owing:
• Injuri es and d ea ths attributable to:
Table G.3 provid es data on incidence rate used for reposito ry construction and
operation activities. Data for "mderground mining" is 8.37 Injuries and Illnesses
pis 100 w orker,omrs and 0.09 fa uslities per 100 worker-years, based on averag es .
from the Mine Safe ty and Health Administration for all conceal underground mines,
including metal, nonmetal, and stone. D is unclear whether such data include
underground uranium or phosphate mines which may experience higher rates of
nradiolegicel(as we ll as radiation-related) i nj uri es or occupational iineses.
(Note: it is she unclear whether radiolmical effects of uranium mining or other
`pee b,mxaP u or plutonium pro sing steps have been factored into
analyse s of radioltgicalimpaets as described In Appendix F. Such radiological
effects of the ^nuclear fuel eyeWu ..tined, included in HIS, for individual
comme rc ial nuclear power plants, based on ',carte" factors for the various
processing steps. Similar, provisions should be made in the Hanford Defense waste
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— Automobile and other vehicular. traffic accidents involving project
employees commu ting between w or k Iodations and re si dences;
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Note: see additional comments on Appendix L: Non-Hadialogiel Imports—
Construction and Operational Period.
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