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Measurement and Estimation for the Clearance of Radioactive Waste Contaminated with Radioisotopes for Medical Application

의료용 방사성폐기물 자체처분을 위한 방사능 측정 및 평가

  • Kim, Changbum (Department of Radiation Application Safety Evaluation, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety) ;
  • Park, MinSeok (Radiation Safety and Section, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences) ;
  • Kim, Gi-Sub (Radiation Safety and Section, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences) ;
  • Jung, Haijo (Radiation Safety and Section, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences) ;
  • Jang, Seongjoo (Department of Radiology, Dongshin University)
  • 김창범 (한국원자력안전기술원 방사선원평가실) ;
  • 박민석 (한국원자력의학원 방사선안전관리팀) ;
  • 김기섭 (한국원자력의학원 방사선안전관리팀) ;
  • 정해조 (한국원자력의학원 방사선안전관리팀) ;
  • 장성주 (동신대학교 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.04
  • Accepted : 2014.03.06
  • Published : 2014.03.31

Abstract

The amounts of radioactive wastes to be disposed in the medical institute have been increased due to development of radiation diagnosis and therapy rapidly. They are produced mostly by the very short lived radioisotopes such as $^{18}F$ used in PET/CT, $^{99m}Tc$, $^{123}I$, $^{125}I$ and $^{201}Tl$, etc. IAEA proposed a criteria for the clearance level of waste which depends on the individual ($10{\mu}Sv/y$) and collective dose (1 man-Sv/y), and concentration of each nuclide (IAEA Safety Series No 111-P-1.1, 1992 and IAEA RS-G-1.7, 2004). Radioactive wastes of $^{18}F$, $^{99m}Tc$, $^{123}I$, $^{125}I$ and $^{201}TI$ in the several types of container like Marinelli beaker, vial and plastic, were collected to measure the concentration of the waste of each nuclide in accordance with IAEA criteria. The measurement method and procedure of determining specific activity of the wastes using gamma emitters like MCA, gamma counter and beta emitters were developed. For the efficiency calibration of the detectors, CRM (certified reference material) which has the same dimension and shape was provided by Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). Correction factor of the radioactivity decay was calculated based on the measurement results, and the consideration of mutual relation with theoretical equation. The result of this study will be proposed as ISO standard.

의료분야에서 방사선 진료기술의 발전에 따라 방사성폐기물의 수량은 급속히 증가하고 있다. 방사성폐기물에는 주로 PET/CT에 사용하는 $^{18}F$을 비롯하여 핵의학검사에 사용하는 $^{99m}Tc$ 등과 같이 반감기가 매우 짧은 방사성동위원소가 함유되어 있다. 이를 처분하기 위하여 국제원자력기구(IAEA)는 개인선량($10{\mu}Sv/y$) 및 집단선량(1 man-Sv/y)과 핵종별 농도에 근거하여 각각 폐기물의 규제해제기준을 제시(IAEA Safety Series No 111-P-1.1, 1992 및 IAEA RS-G-1.7, 2004)하였다. 이 연구에서는 IAEA 기준에 따른 방사능농도를 측정하기 위하여, $^{18}F$, $^{99m}Tc$, $^{123}I$, $^{125}I$$^{201}TI$ 관련 방사성폐기물을 수집하고 측정용기를 준비하였다. 그리고 MCA를 이용한 감마방사능 측정, 감마계수기를 이용한 감마방사능 측정, 베타입자 방출 핵종의 방사능 측정방법 및 절차를 수립하고, 표준물질을 제작하여 교정하였다. 측정결과를 근거로 방사능 감쇠 유도식을 산출하였으며, 이를 이론식과 대비하여 고찰하였다. 이 연구 결과는 ISO 표준으로 추진할 예정이다.

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