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EDAVaults_NoCap@10000y and Vaults1516_NoCap@10000y for the two regionsconsidered. The results are presented in Table 5-15. As was observed in the RDAassessment, the potential impacts associated with these variant cases are of littleradiological significance.Table 5-15: Potential Annual Effective Adult Inhalation Doses for the ‘What if’ Cases(mSv)InventoryCaseRn-222Concentration inSoilPotential Rn-222Concentration inBuildingsAnnual EffectiveAdult InhalationDose(Bq m -3 )(Bq m -3 )(mSv)PIER A2PIER B2EDAVaults_NoCap@10000yVaults1516_NoCap@10000yEDAVaults_NoCap@10000yVaults1516_NoCap@10000yMin. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.3.4E+01 7.4E+01 5.1E-02 1.1E-01 1.3E-03 2.8E-031.1E+02 2.4E+02 1.7E-01 3.6E-01 4.2E-03 9.0E-035.5E+01 1.2E+02 8.2E-02 1.8E-01 2.1E-03 4.4E-031.4E+02 3.0E+02 2.1E-01 4.5E-01 5.3E-03 1.1E-0240
QRS-1443ZH-1, Version 3.06 DiscussionThe assessment described herein is based on a variety of alternative source termcalculations. For C-14 the estimated peak effective ingestion and inhalation doses areslightly higher than for the reference facility design for the RDA area (Limer et al.,2011). These arise from changes in the biogeochemical evolution predicted for the RDAvaults in the EDA GRM near-field calculations, compared to the predictions for theRDA alone.Results for the EDA vaults specifically are notably lower than for the RDA calculationresults, despite containing a significant C-14 inventory (18.9 TBq in the EDA vaultscompared to 5.13 TBq in the RDA vaults). This shows that material distributionswithin the vaults, and the resulting evolution of biogeochemical conditions within thevaults, exert a strong control on the evolved fluxes and thus calculated doses.The calculated peak annual committed effective adult ingestion doses associated withthe EDA vaults for the reference PEG (PEG C) are about 0.6 mSv for the PIER A2inventory and about 1.2 mSv for the PIER B2 inventory. Committed effective adultinhalation doses, associated with inhalation inside a building, are four orders ofmagnitude lower than those caused by ingestion. The calculated effective dosespresented in this report demonstrate substantial decreases over 100 year time periods 7 .For the Rn-222 the estimated effective inhalation doses for the EDA inventory are alsolower than for the RDA assessment, primarily as the projected Ra-226 inventory in theEDA is lower than for the RDA.For Rn-222 gas, the results show that for an intact, undegraded cap, the annualeffective doses from Rn-222 inhalation inside a dwelling constructed over Vaults 15and 16 would be negligible. However, in the unlikely event that there to exist areasover which the infiltration barrier was substantially degraded (either as a result ofongoing degradation processes or as a result of intrusive human activities) and were abuilding to be constructed on those areas, then annual effective doses of > 0.1 mSvmight be incurred by the occupants. This potential effective inhalation dose is a feworders of magnitude lower than the effective inhalation dose that might arise should an7 The calculated effective ingestion doses associated trenches decrease by 60% between 2230 and2330 and those associated with the RDA vaults decrease by at least 85%. For the EDA vaults, inthe majority of cases the calculated effective ingestion doses associated with the EDA vaultsdecrease by at least 94% between 2230 and 2330, although for Case2_InvA_S3M the calculatedexposures over that period increase by 50%.41
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