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http://dx.doi.org/10.17946/JRST.2017.40.4.14

Measurement of Specific Radioactivity for Clearance of Waste Contaminated with Re-186 for Medical Application  

Kim, Chang-Bum (Health Science Research Center, Korea University)
Lee, Sang-Kyung (Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University)
Jang, Seong-Joo (Department of Radiological Science, Dongshin University)
Kim, Jung-Min (School of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.40, no.4, 2017 , pp. 633-638 More about this Journal
Abstract
The amount of radioactive waste has been rapidly increased with development of radiation treatment in medical field. Recently, it has been a common practice to use I-131 for thyroid cancer, F-18 for PET/CT and Tc-99m for diagnosis of nuclear medicine. All the wastes concerned have been disposed of by means of the self-disposal method, for example incineration, after storage enough to decay less than clearance level. IAEA proposed criteria for 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). In this study, specific radioactivity of radioactive waste contaminated with Re-186 was measured to confirm whether it meets the clearance level. Re-186 has long half life of 3.8 days relatively and emits beta and gamma radiation, therefore it can be applied in treatment and imaging purposes. The specific radioactivity of contaminated gloves weared by radiation workers was measured by MCA(Multi-channel Analyzer) which was calibrated by reference materials in accordance with the measuring procedure. As a result, comparison evaluation of decay storage period between the half-life which was calculated by attenuation curve based on real measurement and physical half-life was considered, and it is showed that the physical half-life is longer than induced half-life. Therefore, the storage period of radioactive waste for self-disposal may be curtailed in case of application of induced half-life. The result of this study will be proposed as ISO standard.
Keywords
Re-186; Radioactive Waste; Radioactivity Measurement; Clearance; Multi-channel Analyzer;
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