Low-level Radioactive Wastes: Their Handling, Treatment, and Disposal |
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... treated to reduce its activity to a level that will permit release to th environment . The required degree of treatment should be provide at the least cost . Indigenous materials can be used in the treatmen of wastes if they prove to be ...
... treated to reduce its activity to a level that will permit release to th environment . The required degree of treatment should be provide at the least cost . Indigenous materials can be used in the treatmen of wastes if they prove to be ...
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... treated economically , are diluted with nonradioactive wastes and released to surface streams According to the AEC regulations , 10 only 76 μc of soluble natural uranium may be released per 1000 gal of waste volume ( 2 X 10- μc / ml or ...
... treated economically , are diluted with nonradioactive wastes and released to surface streams According to the AEC regulations , 10 only 76 μc of soluble natural uranium may be released per 1000 gal of waste volume ( 2 X 10- μc / ml or ...
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... treated as low - level problems . 2-4.6 Specific Reactor Operations Information on waste discharges from reactor operations at NR and at Shippingport is included in the subsections that follow . ( a ) National Reactor Testing Station ...
... treated as low - level problems . 2-4.6 Specific Reactor Operations Information on waste discharges from reactor operations at NR and at Shippingport is included in the subsections that follow . ( a ) National Reactor Testing Station ...
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... treated . Items for disposal as solid wastes include the following : paper ( wipes , laboratory bench covers , air filters , container liners ) ; cloth ( clothing , rags , cleaning mops ) ; rubber and plastic ( gloves , protective ...
... treated . Items for disposal as solid wastes include the following : paper ( wipes , laboratory bench covers , air filters , container liners ) ; cloth ( clothing , rags , cleaning mops ) ; rubber and plastic ( gloves , protective ...
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... treated at a central processing facility . D the calendar year 1956 , an average of 515 gal per day was so trea Typical analyses of laboratory drain wastes , reported by Rod are summarized in Table 2.14 . TABLE 2.13 - WASTE ...
... treated at a central processing facility . D the calendar year 1956 , an average of 515 gal per day was so trea Typical analyses of laboratory drain wastes , reported by Rod are summarized in Table 2.14 . TABLE 2.13 - WASTE ...
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86th Congress acid activity levels adsorbed adsorption amounts Argonne National Laboratory atmospheric Atomic Energy beta Bone C. P. STRAUB calcium cesium chemical coagulation collection containing coolant curies decay decontamination dilution discharge Disposal of Radioactive Division of Reactor dose effect effluent environment evaluated exchange exposure factors FeCl3 filter filtration fission products flow gases groundwater Hanford hazard insoluble iodine ion-exchange ions liquid wastes liter low-level Lung maximum permissible measured mg/liter monitoring nuclear nuclides Oak Ridge National operations ORNL particles phosphate plankton plant plutonium precipitation Public Health Service Radiation Protection radio radioactive contaminants radioactive materials Radioactive Wastes radionuclides release removal of radioactive resin Ridge National Laboratory River ruthenium samples Sanitary Engineering sewage sludge soil solid wastes soluble specific radionuclides stream strontium surface Table tank thorium tion treatment U.S. Government Printing United uptake uranium USAEC Report volume wastes containing
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Page 358 - byproduct material' means (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material...
Page 369 - ... precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of any individual to radiation or radioactive materials in excess of the limits established in the regulations in this part and; (2) such area or room is subject to the licensee's control.
Page 360 - Source material" means (i) uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form; or (ii) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0.05%) or more of (a) uranium, (6) thorium or (c) any combination thereof. Source material does not include special nuclear material. (16) "Special nuclear material...
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Page 360 - Commission, pursuant to the provisions of section 2071 of this title, determines to be special nuclear material, but does not include source material ; or (2) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material.
Page 342 - The unit of exposure dose of X- or gamma radiation is the roentgen (r). One roentgen is an exposure dose of X- or gamma radiation such that the associated corpuscular emission per 0.001293 g of air produces, in air, ions carrying 1 electrostatic unit of quantity of electricity of either sign.
Page 361 - R due to X- or gamma radiation; (2) A dose of 1 rad due to X-, gamma, or beta radiation ; (3) A dose of 0.1 rad due to neutrons or high energy protons...
Page 340 - Absorbed Dose -- The energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. The unit of absorbed dose is the rad. One rad equals 100 ergs per gram.
Page 373 - Violations. An injunction or other court order may be obtained prohibiting any violation of any provision of the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder. Any person who willfully violates any provision of the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder...
Page 360 - Dose," as used in this part, is the quantity of radiation absorbed, per unit of mass, by the body or by any portion of the body. When the regulations in this part specify a dose during a period of time, the dose means the total quantity of radiation absorbed, per unit of mass, by the body or by any portion of the body during such period of time. Several different units of dose are in current use. Definitions of units as used in this part are set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.