RADIATION SHIELDING EVALUATION OF IP-2 PACKAGES FOR LOW- AND INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Disposal of low-level radioactive waste.

The Act encouraged states to form regional compacts for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The Act contained both positive and negative incentives. The positive incentive was a provision that allowed compacts to restrict access to their regional LLRW disposal facility to member states beginning in 1993, thus limiting the amount of waste disposed of in any state hosting a region...

Long term behaviour of low and intermediate level waste packages under repository conditions

surface low level radioactive waste site

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Radiation shielding for underground low - background experiments

The design task of creating an efficient radiation shield for the new COBRA double-beta decay experiment led to a comprehensive study of commercially available shielding materials. The aim was to find the most efficient combination of materials under the constraints of an extreme low-background experiment operating in a typical underground laboratory. All existing shield configurations for this...

Clearance Level Discussion on Solid Radioactive Waste

INTRODUCTION In recent days, the words of clearance and clearance level are frequently used in the field of radioactive waste. This note is showing current Japanese situations on this issue and the discussion items. Clearance is defined as: removal of radioactive materials or radioactive objects within authorized practices from any further control by the Regulatory Authority. Clearance level is...