Waste Technology Section

Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources


Conditioning Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources

Objective: To increase the capability of Member States to implement safe and cost effective technologies for the management of disused sealed radioactive sources and to assist in the application of the technologies.

Responsible Officer : Mohamed AL-MUGHRABI

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The project is one part of the Action Plan in which the Agency is advising on and assisting Member States to manage disused sealed radioactive sources safely. The Agency is carrying out these activities in compliance with its statutory roles of providing for he application of its safety standards and fostering the exchange of scientific and technical information. Currently the project directly assists Member States in the conditioning of spent radium 226 sources. By now around 40 Member States have benefited from this project. Emphasis will be shifted from the conditioning of radium sources to the conditioning of other high radiation and long lived sources as the conditioning of national inventories of radium sources is almost completed. Increased emphasis will be placed on training specialists in Member States in order to build national capacities to manage disused sealed radioactive sources while maintaining a direct assistance service for disused source conditioning.

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Related IAEA Publications

Technology

Management

Special Topics

Handling, conditioning and storage of spent sealed radioactive sources
TECDOC-1145 (2000)		 Management for the prevention of accidents from disused sealed radioactive sources
TECDOC-1205 (2001)		 Technical Manual for Conditioning of Spent Radium Sources
Working Material for limited distribution (2000)
Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources
TRS (in preparation)		 Management of Spent High Activity Radioactive Sources (SHARS)
TECDOC-1301 (2002) 		Preparation of License Applications by the Operators of Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
TECDOC (in preparation)
Improved Characterization Procedures and Systems for Historic Wastes Containing Spent Sealed Radioactive Sources
TECDOC (in preparation)		 Management of disused long lived sealed radioactive sources (LLSRS)
TECDOC-1357 (2003)		 Technical Procedures for Conditioning of Long Lived Spent Radioactive Sources (LLSRS)
Working Material for limited distribution (in preparation)
Review of Sealed Source Designs and Manufacturing Techniques Affecting Disused Source Management -TECDOC (in preparation) Methods to Retrieve and Verify Old Waste Inventory Data with Special Attention to Disused Sealed Sources
TECDOC (in preparation)
Management of Equipment Containing Radioactive Sources -TECDOC (in preparation) Experience in Managing Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources
TECDOC (in preparation)
Methods to Identify and Locate Spent Radioactive Sources TECDOC-804 (update)