Management of Low Level Rad-Waste Arising From Nuclear Power Stations in Japan

In nuclear power stations in Japan, in order to reduce radioactivity release into the environment based on the concept of ALARA, various improvements of the gaseous and liquid waste treatment systems have been made in both aspects of facilities and operations as follows: In order to reduce the release of gaseous waste, the following facilities were introduced: Charcoal bed typed noble gas holdup facility, Clean steam supply system for turbine gland seal, No leak typed valve In order to reduce the release of liquid waste, the following measures were taken: Evaporating floor drain, Evaporating laundry drain;, Demoralizing plant surplus water by a mix bed typed ion exchange resin. As a result of these counter measures, the release of gaseous and liquid radioactivity into the environment has been reduced gradually, and is now virtually 'zero' as shown in Islet. 1. Contrary to reduction in radioactivity release into the environment, residual radioactivity inside nuclear power station has made consequent increase of low level radioactive wastes in the form of solid