Published January 2012 | Version v1
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Control of Orphan Sources and Other Radioactive Material in the Metal Recycling and Production Industries. Specific Safety Guide

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Description

Accidents involving orphan sources and other radioactive material in the metal recycling and production industries have resulted in serious radiological accidents as well as in harmful environmental, social and economic impacts. This Safety Guide provides recommendations, the implementation of which should prevent such accidents and provide confidence that scrap metal and recycled products are safe. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Protection of people and the environment; 3. Responsibilities; 4. Monitoring for radioactive material; 5. Response to the discovery of radioactive material; 6. Remediation of contaminated areas; 7. Management of recovered radioactive material; Annex I: Review of events involving radioactive material in the metal recycling and production industries; Annex II: Categorization of radioactive sources; Annex III: Some examples of national and international initiatives.

Availability note (English)

Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1509_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books

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URL
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1509_web.pdf; http://www.iaea.org/books;

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
978-92-0-115510-8
Imprint Pagination
104 p.
Journal Issue
no. SSG-17
Series
IAEA Safety Standards Series
ISSN
1020-525X

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43014324
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENTS; CONTROL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENT; IMPLEMENTATION; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RECOMMENDATIONS; RECYCLING; REMEDIAL ACTION; SAFETY; SCRAP METALS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; METALS; SCRAP; SOLID WASTES; WASTES

Optional Information

Notes
1 fig, 2 tabs, 44 refs
Secondary number(s)
STI/PUB--1509