Conservatism of RADTRAN Line-Source Model for Estimating Worker Exposures*

Concern about the risks posed to people who live along spent nuclear fuel transportation routes has led to demands for redundant inspections of the transported spent fuel. Several states appear to be considering mandatory state inspections. In actual practice, for example, research reactor spent fuel returned to the United States by sea may receive five redundant inspections (Neuhauser and Weiner, 1991) before leaving the dock area where it has been offloaded. It would be prudent to examine the radiological risk to the inspectors themselves before state or federal regulations are promulgated which require redundant inspections.