20 
TABLE XIV.—ANNUAL RELEASE OF RADIONUCLIDES ESTIMATED FOR A PRESSURIZED-WATER POWER REACTOR OF 
1,050 MW ELECTRIC CAPACITY 
ee hv 
‘ Microcuries/ Microcuries/ 
Isotope Half-life year Isotope Half-life year 
Fp PD MV ——  —— 
Liquid wastes: Gaseous wastes—Continued: 
3H 131 
iy a aed a ee 226 yrs 40S [.22..- 222.2... 4. 3 days —. =. w@ ol oon 
OT iL ae RE a ee 314 days_____ 97 S<10st 2 Te ee ee ae 78 re ee 6.99 K 102 
Bein ee ke aay (eee 2.64 & 101 (2 | EN LSE See 2:3 Wee 2.8 xX 102 
Ch Oa ede et aa a TAdayS ae 2.95 * 101 MSBP Ce ee OS ee Pal Vey RERENS 5.13 & 103 
DUG Deep meas Sa By Ti] ee ee 3.48 NEA Senet eg ee 53: mines) 2 38 2.16 X 104 
BES ead eater 2 Lee 50.4 days_____ 9.1 CT RAG MEAS eo aca 6:7 Ar eee 2.6 X 1037 
BOG Fa oe AS ae Vineness 5.76 ACG > FER ees Ae Ziyi ee ee 8.69 * 102 
SOY ed, 2 et Fa GAs yee ies 1.06 ECS. ee as 2S I3idayse eee 8.36 * 101. 
MS he seen 2 ee OY intee se 2.49 BiGs st ae A S0.Vi ee 4.58 X 103 
ch (tk See Seen a 59\days#22= 2.11 X 101 MOB qugee! ie es 12.8 days_____ 6.28 
0) GAAS weet ORE gi | |] eee .13 pA REY ee ae ares DS 0:2: hre_ 35 
CLL ess aie! OE AE 66 hres 125 10% 1 Cee see eee ee Ae 285 days_____ 7.82 
Gaseous wastes: 
BK ieee oe ee TO Ayre: ease 5.62 K 103 
Kei Mt. . Bette Fa 5 27 daysse 1.58 x 103 
Source: Preliminary Facility Description and Safety Analysis Report, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Burlington 
County, N.J. Docket No. 50-272. 
tion of waste disposal from nuclear installations, but various 
interpretations of the recommendations have arisen from nation to 
nation. The source of this discrepancy is usually in the point of appli- 
cation of the standards recommended by the ICRP. The British 
impose a restriction on the dose actually received by people living 
near the nuclear installation, the United States imposes a restriction 
on the content of radioactivity in the effluent that leaves the restricted 
area around the installation, and the U.S.S.R. imposes a more rigid 
restriction on the amount of radioactivity released from inside the 
installation. The British policy thus permits the greatest release of 
radioactivity and requires more intensive site evaluations and environ- 
mental surveillance to ensure that the dose limitation is not exceeded.” 
The United States permits the release of liquid wastes containing 3 
to 10 times the maximum concentration of radionuclides that can be 
legally released within the U.S.S.R.*° The Soviet policy is generally 
to endorse the ICRP standards for the general population, which were 
recommended as limits for human consumption, at the point of release 
inside a nuclear facility. This policy does not consider the dilution 
capacity of rivers, estuaries, or the ocean, or the rate of physical decay 
relative to the release of radioactive nuclides. The United States. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, on the other hand, limit 
the release of radioactive materials to concentrations as low as 
practicable by current technology but not more than 10 percent of 
the maximum permissible concentration (MPC) values recommended 
by the ICRP for 168 hour occupational exposure.” 
The deep ocean was once considered a suitable depository for solid 
radioactive wastes in sealed containers. Although the United States 
has ceased this practice, other nations, and this includes the major 
nuclear states, continue to dispose of radioactive materials in the sea 
even though they are signatories to the Dumping Convention. 
25 Preston, A. Site evaluations and the discharge of aqueous radioactive wastes from civil nuclear power~ 
stations in England and Wales. In Disposal of radioactive wastes into seas, oceans and surface waters. [AEA 
Proc. Ser., IAEA, Vienna, 1966: 725-737. 
26 Parker, F. L. United States and Soviet Union Waste-Disposal Standards. Nucl. Safety, v. 6.1963 433-436.. 
27 Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapt. 1, Parts 20 and 50. Standards for protection against 
radiation. Washington, D.C. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Jan. 1974. 
