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Main Title ISCORS: Assessment of Radioactivity in Sewage Sludge: Radiological Survey Results and Analysis.
CORP Author Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards.;Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.;Department of Energy, Washington, DC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Publisher 2003
Year Published 2003
Report Number ISCORS-TR-2003-02;
Stock Number NUREG-1775
Additional Subjects Radioactivity ; Sewage sludge ; Standards ; Radiation protection ; Assessments ; Public health ; Occupational safety and health ; Interagency Steering Committee ; Radiological surveys
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NTIS  NUREG-1775 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 232p
Abstract
From 1998 to 2000, through the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a joint survey (hereafter referred to as the ISCORS sewer survey) to collect information on radioactivity in sewage sludge and ash from sewage treatment plants referred to in the industry as publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). The objectives of the survey were to (1) obtain national estimates of high-probability occurrences of elevated levels of radioactive materials in sludge and ash at POTWs, (2) estimate how much radioactive contamination comes from NRC and Agreement State licensees and how much from naturally occurring radioactivity, and (3) support rulemaking decisions by NRC and EPA.