Environmental and safety problems of waste management in nuclear engineering
Creators
- 1. Bundesgesundheitsamt, Berlin (F.R. Germany)
- 2. Gesellschaft fuer Strahlen- und Umweltforschung m.b.H., Neuherberg/Muenchen (F.R. Germany). Inst. fuer Strahlenschutz
Description
The environmental and safety problems which waste management in nuclear technology poses are discussed under the aspects of the disposal of radioactive waste by nuclear facilities and the safety of radioactive waste disposal. The release and global distribution of long-lived radionuclides such as tritium, Kr-85, C-14, I-129, and Pu-239 as well as the radiation exposure of the world population resulting thereof are investigated, the authors starting from a specific production rate of the nuclides released from nuclear facilities. Definitions of the terms 'dose commitment' and 'collective dose commitment' are given. Furthermore, local radiation exposure in reprocessing plants is investigated and compared with regional and global radiation exposure. A recommendation is made to take measures which would reduce the nuclides tritium, Kr-85, and C-14 in order to achieve considerably smaller collective doses. (HR/LN)
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number.Abstract (German)
Die Umwelt- und Sicherheitsprobleme bei der Entsorgung der Kerntechnik werden unter dem Gesichtspunkt der betrieblichen Ableitung radioaktiver Stoffe und der Sicherheit der Beseitigung radioaktiver Abfaelle diskutiert. Freisetzung und globale Verteilung langlebiger Radionuklide wie Tritium, Kr-85, C-14, J-129 und Pu-239 sowie die resultierende Strahlenexposition der Erdbevoelkerung werden ermittelt. Dabei wird von einer spezifischen Bildungsrate der Nuklide, die aus kerntechnischen Anlagen freigesetzt werden, ausgegangen. Die Begriffe 'Erwartungsdosis' und 'kollektive Erwartungsdosis' werden erlaeutert. Ferner wird die lokale Strahlenexposition bei Aufarbeitungsanlagen untersucht und mit der regionalen und globalen Strahlenexposition verglichen. Es wird empfohlen, Reduktionsmassnahmen fuer die Nuklide Tritium, Kr-85 und C-14 zu ergreifen, um eine wesentliche Herabsetzung der kollektiven Dosen zu erreichen. (HR)
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Die Umwelt- und Sicherheitsprobleme der Entsorgung der Kerntechnik
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 24 p.
- Report number
- AED-Conf--76-004-014
Conference
- Title
- Symposium on waste management in nuclear engineering of the Deutsches Atomforum e.V.
- Dates
- 19 Jan 1976.
- Place
- Mainz, F.R. Germany.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 7257607
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOSPHERE; CARBON 14; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; HYDROSPHERE; IODINE 129; KRYPTON 85; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SAFETY; TRITIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POPULATIONS; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES