Radiological Waste Articles & Analysis
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Currently, the US Department of Energy conducts comprehensive radiological monitoring of people living on Enewetak Atoll, but characterisation of exposure risks posed by Runit Dome have been limited to catastrophic release scenarios and periodic atoll–wide environmental surveys. Furthermore, evidence indicates open hydraulic communication between waste and ...
The key lies in an adequate contamination knowledge which helps to manage the remediation works and optimize the radiological waste production. The methodologies commonly applied base their recommended decision-process on more or less complex statistical analyses to validate the remediation target after the waste removal work (guidance for ...
The paper focuses on the evaluation of membrane filtration for the treatment of liquid radioactive streams generated in area decontamination operations. In this work, semi-permeable membranes were demonstrated to be effective reducing the volume of wastewater containing cesium and cobalt by two orders of a magnitude. The efficiency of membrane separation was enhanced by employing additives that ...
Challenge In 2003 an area behind the hot cells in Building 2026 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was flooded with highly contaminated liquids when a liquid low level waste pipe became clogged. The main contaminants of concern are uranium and plutonium. ...
This programme includes administrative measures for strong sources, controlling mechanisms and aspects of waste management. Secondly, we address basic requirements as regards monitoring given lost or stolen sources or if a contamination of unknown origin is identified. ...
Established in 1950, the SRS produced radionuclides in support of the nation’s defense and currently operates programs supporting nuclear nonproliferation, disposition of radiological and chemical waste, and environmental ...
The system assessment capability (SAC) is the first total-system stochastic simulator to address inventory distribution, environmental release and transport, and impacts to human health and ecological, economic, and cultural resources from hundreds of radiological and chemical waste disposal sites for the entire Hanford Site in southeast Washington State. ...