ASTM E2216-02(2020)
Standard Guide for Evaluating Disposal Options for Concrete from Nuclear Facility Decommissioning

Standard No.

ASTM E2216-02(2020)

Release Date

2020

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM E2216-02(2020)

Scope

1.1 This standard guide defines the process for developing a strategy for dispositioning concrete from nuclear facility decommissioning. It outlines a 10-step method to evaluate disposal options for radioactively contaminated concrete. One of the steps is to complete a detailed analysis of the cost and dose to nonradiation workers (the public); the methodology and supporting data to perform this analysis are detailed in the appendices. The resulting data can be used to balance dose and cost and select the best disposal option. These data, which establish a technical basis to apply to release the concrete, can be used in several ways: (1) to show that the release meets existing release criteria, (2) to establish a basis to request release of the concrete on a case-by-case basis, (3) to develop a basis for establishing release criteria where none exists. 1.2 This standard guide is based on the “Protocol for Development of Authorized Release Limits for Concrete at U.S. Department of Energy Sites,” (1)2 from which the analysis methodology and supporting data are taken. 1.3 Guide E1760 provides a general process for release of materials containing residual amounts of radioactivity. In 1 This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E10.03 on Radiological Protection for Decontamination and Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and Components. Current edition approved July 1, 2020. Published July 2020. Originally approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2013 as E2216–02(2013). DOI: 10.1520/E2216-02R20. 2 The boldface numbers in parentheses refer to a list of references at the end of this standard. Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. addition, Guide E1278 provides a general process for analyzing radioactive pathways. This standard guide is intended for use in conjunction with Guides E1760 and E1278, and provides a more detailed approach for the release of concrete. 1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM E2216-02(2020) Referenced Document

• ASTM E1278 Standard Guide for Radioactive Pathway Methodology for Release of Sites Following Decommissioning
• ASTM E1760 Standard Guide for Unrestricted Disposition of Bulk Materials Containing Residual Amounts of Radioactivity
• ASTM E1893 Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Portable Radiological Survey Instruments for Performing In Situ Radiological Assessments in Support of Decommissioning
• ISO 4037 Amendment 1-1983
• ISO 6980-1 Nuclear energy*， 2023-11-01 Update
• ISO 6980-2 Nuclear energy*， 2023-11-01 Update
• ISO 7503-1 Measurement of radioactivity — Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination — Part 1: General principles
• ISO 7503-2 Measurement of radioactivity - Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination - Part 2: Test method using wipe-test samples
• ISO 7503-3 Measurement of radioactivity — Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination — Part 3: Apparatus calibration
• ISO 8769 Measurement of radioactivity — Alpha-, beta- and photon emitting radionuclides — Reference measurement standard specifications for the calibration of surface contamination monitors

ASTM E2216-02(2020) history

• 2020 ASTM E2216-02(2020) Standard Guide for Evaluating Disposal Options for Concrete from Nuclear Facility Decommissioning
• 2002 ASTM E2216-02(2013) Standard Guide for Evaluating Disposal Options for Concrete from Nuclear Facility Decommissioning
• 2002 ASTM E2216-02(2008) Standard Guide for Evaluating Disposal Options for Concrete from Nuclear Facility Decommissioning
• 2002 ASTM E2216-02 Standard Guide for Evaluating Disposal Options for Concrete from Nuclear Facility Decommissioning