Choosing remediation and waste management options at hazardous and radioactive waste sites

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Greenberg ◽  
Joanna Burger ◽  
Charles Powers ◽  
Thomas Leschine ◽  
Karen Lowrie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Options

Strategy and Practice in Spent Sealed Sources Management in Belgium

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent De pooter ◽  
David Vanleeuw ◽  
Gunter Van Zaelen ◽  
Marnix Braeckeveldt
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Royal Decree ◽  
Final Treatment ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Orphan Sources ◽  
Radioactive Sources ◽  
Treatment And Diagnosis ◽  
The Eu

Radioactive sources are used for a variety of purposes, e.g. in medical treatment and diagnosis, research applications, measurement, testing, detection and calibration in industry, educational activities in colleges and universities etc. As part of its mission, ONDRAF/NIRAS, the Belgian Radioactive Waste Management Agency, draws up an inventory of all radioactive substances and nuclear installations on the Belgian territory. In recent years this inventory has been used to launch specific campaigns for the collection of different types of radioactive sources. In addition to this, the Royal Decree of 23 May 2006 concerning the transposition into Belgian law of the Spent High Activity Sealed Sources and the Management of Orphan Sources Directive of the EU (2003/122/EURATOM) has led to an increase in the number of requests addressed to ONDRAF/NIRAS for the collection of these types of radioactive waste and to an intensified collaboration between ONDRAF/NIRAS and the Belgian Safety Authority FANC/AFCN towards an effective management of orphan sources. Specific properties of these spent sources such as their activity, external dose rate, weight, size and/or their invalid special form certificate may complicate the transport and final treatment and conditioning of this type of waste and that is why these operations require careful attention. An overview of the radioactive sources already collected as radioactive waste or still present in the nuclear installations, different cases and problems encountered are presented in this paper, as well as the waste management options adopted by ONDRAF/NIRAS to deal with this type of waste.

Radioactive Waste Management Plan for PMBR (Pty) Ltd Fuel Plant

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosidi E. Makgae
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
International Good ◽  
The Impact

The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd Fuel Plant (PFP) radioactive waste management plan caters for waste from generation, processing through storage and possible disposal. Generally, the amount of waste that will be generated from the PFP is Low and Intermediate Level Waste. The waste management plan outlines all waste streams and the management options for each stream. It also discusses how the Plant has been designed to ensure radioactive waste minimisation through recycling, recovery, reuse, treatment before considering disposal. Compliance to the proposed plan will ensure compliance with national legislative requirements and international good practice. The national and the overall waste management objective is to ensure that all PFP wastes are managed appropriately by capitalising on processes that minimise, reduce, recover and recycle without exposing employees, the public and the environment to unmitigated impacts. Both International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) principles act as a guide in the development of the strategy in order to ensure international best practice, legal compliance and ensuring that the impact of waste on employees, environment and the public is as low as reasonably achievable. The radioactive waste classification system stipulated in the Radioactive Waste Management Policy and Strategy 2005 will play an important role in classifying radioactive waste and ensuring that effective management is implemented for all waste streams be it gaseous, liquid or solid waste.

scholarly journals State-of-art in the Improvement of Industrial Waste Management with Radionuclide Levels Not Complying with Radioactive Waste Assignment Criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Kuznecov ◽  
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K. G. Bocharov ◽  
N. V. Mamakina ◽  
O. A. Kochetkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Industrial Waste Management ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Management Challenge

The article overviews current practice associated with the management of industrial waste with elevated radionuclide levels (IWERL) not falling under radioactive waste category. It emphasizes that State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has been actively addressing the challenge of safe IWERL management. A working group has been set featuring experts from FMBA of Russia, Rostekhnadzor, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and its units, as well as independent environmental organizations. The paper evaluates different trends in IWERL management presenting some proposals on the improvement of the legal framework focused on the management of industrial waste containing radioactive substances in quantities not exceeding the criteria established for waste categorization as radioactive waste. It provides IWERL management cost estimates considering various waste management options. IWERL management challenge has been discussed at Scientific and Technical Councils run by 3 government departments, also indicating the interdepartmental nature of this challenge.

RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN 6 PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS HIGHLAND AREA 2011-2013

2016 ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Duy Tao Tran ◽  
Trong Si Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Contamination Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Waste Management ◽  
Central Highlands

Objective: Monitoring and evaluation of air environmental quality, waste water and medical waste management activities in some hospitals in the Central Highlands. Research Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive survey was deployed in 6 provincial hospitals of the Central Highlands in 7th- 8th months every year for 3 years, 2011, 2012, 2013. Observing the process of waste management in hospitals, weighing the medical solid waste generated daily, sampling and environmental monitoring of air, water waste samples after treatment of hospitals. Findings: The percentage of substandard sample of radioactive 2011 was 5.88%, in 2012 was 5%, 2013 was 0.02%. Mainly in dose laboratories, rinse the nuclear medicine department, hatch covers radioactive waste storage. 100% of the air sample of wastewater treatment areas have NO2 target and 60% of SO2 target sample have not reached allowed regulations. The atmosphere at the garbage area hospitals in Kon Tum and Lam Dong provinces through 2 years of monitoring in 2012, 2013 exceeded SO2 target standards. Monitoring results incinerator emissions sample at 3 hospitals: Kontum, Gia Lai, Dak Nong in 3 years reached Regulations allow. The observation sample treated waste water of the hospital in 2013 with low contamination rate than in 2011 and 2012 in terms of physics and chemistry. Particularly criteria Total coliforms 3 years are from 40-50% of samples exceeded standards. Regarding waste management, the results of monitoring in 2013 showed that 60% of faculties have sharps instruments and 20% of the faculties have satisfactory utensils anatomical waste. 59.48% of the faculties have the guidelines for waste separation. Condition misclassified not many and occur in two hospitals Gia Lai, Dak Lak. Only Lam Dong hospitals have waste transportation vehicles secured closed during transport. The amount of waste / beds / 24 hours is 1.097kg. In particular infectious waste is 0.26kg. Only two hospitals in Daklak, Lam Dong has generated radioactive waste with a total of 0.9 kg/day. Key words: Medical waste, medical waste management.

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