Conveners
Technical Session 3G: Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources
- Juan Carlos Benitez Navarro
Description
Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources
According to the section 5(3) of the law N° 2019/012 of 19 July 2019 to lay down the general framework for radiological and nuclear safety, nuclear security, civil liability and safeguards enforcement, which states that: “the State shall establish the following nuclear policy principles …recognition of the urgent need to manage radioactive waste in order to protect current and future...
Ghana has benefited immensely from the application of radioactive sources. The establishment of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority by Parliamentary Act 895 in 2015 has brought clarity and collaboration between key stakeholders namely, ministry of interior and national security, regulator and operator for safe and secure management of radioactive sources. This paper highlights the accomplishments...
Sealed radioactive sources (SRS) are widely used in Cuba in industry, medicine and research. The national regulations establish that when the SRS are declared disused they have to be returned to the provider. The reuse of the sources by other Licensee is also authorized. When these options are not available, the disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) are transferred to the Centre for...
Amos Muzongomerwa1
Innocent Mayida, Nyengerai Manjeru
Radiation protection Authority of Zimbabwe1
amuzongomerwa@rpaz.co.zw, imayida@rpaz.co.zw, nmanjeru@rpaz.co.zw
Sealed radioactive sources have been used in medical, research and industrial applications in Zimbabwe for socioeconomic development. The country has a return to supplier policy as a requirement for all import of sources....
In response to a US domestic need for TRU sealed source disposition, DOE/NNSA initiated a project in 1998 called the Off-site Source Recovery Project (OSRP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The need was in fact worldwide, since many countries did not have process, regulations, or personnel to accomplish TRU source repatriation. From 2005 to 2010 the NNSA/OSRP had recovered 422 sealed...
Without proper end-of-life management, disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRSs) become increasingly vulnerable to loss, theft, and sabotage that can result in accidents and incidents, including loss of life. Type B quantities of radioactive material can be particularly hard to manage due to complexity and costs associated with their compliant shipment from user’s facilities to sites for...
Abstract. Radioactive waste management faces challenges in Indonesia. Despite various uses of radioactive sources all over the country, Indonesia only has one radioactive waste management facility. Especially on the use of radioactive sources, there are wide use of these sources for medic and industry. Radioactive sources for medical purposes are usually used for radiotherapy in mostly major...
