Proposal of a Categorization of the Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources with a View to Safe - 17285
- Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN/CNEN (Brazil)
In the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN-CNEN/Brazil) many works to improve and develop characterization of radioactive waste techniques have been deployed by the Radioactive Waste Management Department (IPEN-CNEN/SP). In this line, this work aims to suggest a new categorization of sealed sources, which considers their activities, as suggested by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but also the time required for the activity to decrease to a safe value. We considered the sealed sources categorization system suggested by the IAEA and we applied such categorization system to various sources currently stored by institutes of Brazilian Nuclear and Energy Commission (CNEN). Then, we also applied the categorization system defined herein, it follows that the categorization system presented by the IAEA has many applications and their use should not be abandoned. However, since the new proposed categorization systems allow to differentiate sources that in the IAEA system are in the same category, they can help define the long-term management of radioactive waste. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22802323
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17285
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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