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Title: Development of characterization protocol for mixed liquid radioactive waste classification

Abstract

Mixed liquid organic waste generated from health-care and research activities containing tritium, carbon-14, and other radionuclides posed specific challenges in its management. Often, these wastes become legacy waste in many nuclear facilities and being considered as ‘problematic’ waste. One of the most important recommendations made by IAEA is to perform multistage processes aiming at declassification of the waste. At this moment, approximately 3000 bottles of mixed liquid waste, with estimated volume of 6000 litres are currently stored at the National Radioactive Waste Management Centre, Malaysia and some have been stored for more than 25 years. The aim of this study is to develop a characterization protocol towards reclassification of these wastes. The characterization protocol entails waste identification, waste screening and segregation, and analytical radionuclides profiling using various analytical procedures including gross alpha/ gross beta, gamma spectrometry, and LSC method. The results obtained from the characterization protocol are used to establish criteria for speedy classification of the waste.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Waste Technology Development Centre, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
  2. Radioisotop Technology and Innovation, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
  3. Radiochemistry and Environment, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
  4. Material Technology Group, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22391639
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1659; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: NuSTEC2014: Nuclear Science, Technology, and Engineering Conference 2014, Skudai, Johor (Malaysia), 11-13 Nov 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; APPROXIMATIONS; CARBON 14; CLASSIFICATION; DECLASSIFICATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; IAEA; LIQUID WASTES; MALAYSIA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ORGANIC WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RECOMMENDATIONS; TRITIUM

Citation Formats

Zakaria, Norasalwa, Wafa, Syed Asraf, Wo, Yii Mei, and Mahat, Sarimah. Development of characterization protocol for mixed liquid radioactive waste classification. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916872.
Zakaria, Norasalwa, Wafa, Syed Asraf, Wo, Yii Mei, & Mahat, Sarimah. Development of characterization protocol for mixed liquid radioactive waste classification. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916872
Zakaria, Norasalwa, Wafa, Syed Asraf, Wo, Yii Mei, and Mahat, Sarimah. 2015. "Development of characterization protocol for mixed liquid radioactive waste classification". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916872.
@article{osti_22391639,
title = {Development of characterization protocol for mixed liquid radioactive waste classification},
author = {Zakaria, Norasalwa and Wafa, Syed Asraf and Wo, Yii Mei and Mahat, Sarimah},
abstractNote = {Mixed liquid organic waste generated from health-care and research activities containing tritium, carbon-14, and other radionuclides posed specific challenges in its management. Often, these wastes become legacy waste in many nuclear facilities and being considered as ‘problematic’ waste. One of the most important recommendations made by IAEA is to perform multistage processes aiming at declassification of the waste. At this moment, approximately 3000 bottles of mixed liquid waste, with estimated volume of 6000 litres are currently stored at the National Radioactive Waste Management Centre, Malaysia and some have been stored for more than 25 years. The aim of this study is to develop a characterization protocol towards reclassification of these wastes. The characterization protocol entails waste identification, waste screening and segregation, and analytical radionuclides profiling using various analytical procedures including gross alpha/ gross beta, gamma spectrometry, and LSC method. The results obtained from the characterization protocol are used to establish criteria for speedy classification of the waste.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916872},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22391639}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1659,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}