Radioactive Waste Management: What Does the Public Need to Know?

2013 ◽  
Vol s1 (01) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals HEALTH OF THE POPULATION RESIDING IN THE DUNAY SETTLEMENT IN THE AREA OF SUPERVISION OF THE FAR EASTERN CENTER FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-253
Author(s):  
Antonina М. Lyaginskya ◽  
N. K. Shandala ◽  
I. M. Petoyan ◽  
S. M. Kiselev ◽  
S. V. Akhromeev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Radioactive Waste Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Far Eastern

There was studied the health of the population of the Dunay settlement located in the vicinity of the “Far Eastern Center for Radioactive Waste Management” (FEC “DalRAO”) at the areа contaminated with radioactive waste and chemicals originated from the activities of the armed forces of the Pacific Fleet over 1950-1980. The subject of the study were health indices of 6207 members of the population of the Dunay settlement obtained from the reporting statistics data (forms 7,12, 19, 30, and 32) over the period of 2009-2013. The health of the population of the Dunay settlement located in the vicinity of the Far Eastern Center for Radioactive Waste Management “DalRAO” over the period 2009-2013 does not differ from the population-based estimates of the public health in the central region of the Russian Federation. Any health effects of manmade radiation exposure has not been found for the population of the Dunay settlement.

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.

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