Preliminary studies on developing technologies for long term storage of radium spent sealed sources

The continuous progress in the knowledge of hazard due to the use of radium sealed radioactive sources requested a well planned and carefully collection and management of these kind of radioactive materials.The paper contains the technical information and recommendations on the management of radium spent sealed radioactive sources. The information refers to the preparation of spent radium sealed radioactive sources on the user site and them conditioning and long term storage in the radioactive waste storage facility of RWTP Magurele.The paper contains the regulation framework and emphases the necessity of development of the national radium inventory. Also, in the paper are presented the safety considerations regarding the handling, packaging for transport and packaging for long term storage of spent radium sealed sources and the personnel requirements and quality assurance. (authors)