Radioactive Waste Articles

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDICAL WASTE - ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDICAL WASTE, THEY CAN LARGELY BE CATEGORISED INTO FOUR MAIN TYPES.When you work in any medical facility – be that a hospital, clinic, doctor’s surgery, laboratory or dental practice – you’ll know that waste cannot just be thrown away. There are strict requirements on the separation and safe disposal of ...

Jan. 31, 2019

By Inciner8 Limited

The recycling of process water containing radioactive contamination within a Refurbishment Facility using Star-Sep™ Ceramic Crossflow Filtration This crossflow microfiltration process, using Mantec’s patented star channel Star-Sep™ Ceramic Membranes, renders the filtered water bacterially inactive and free of NORMs, which means that it can be re-used within the ...

Nov. 30, 2018

By Mantec Filtration

DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / September 5, 2018 / A significant milestone has been reached in nuclear fusion by MIFTEC Laboratories, Inc. when they recently exceeded 1010 neutrons per pulse power level. This level of neutron flux is close to that which is needed to commercially produce radionuclides for nuclear medicine, and validates previous claims regarding the commercial viability of ...

Sep. 4, 2018

By US Nuclear Corporation

As more and more mining operations open up the unexplored frontiers of Greenland’s rugged landscape, the demand for a safe and effective way to dispose of mining waste is increasing. At Inciner8, we’re helping to lead the way in pioneering ...

Jul. 22, 2018

By Inciner8 Limited

At the beginning of 2016, Chalk River Laboratories (CRL), Ontario/Canada, which is part of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), put into operation a Urraco 75 DK mobile shredder from Lindner (www.l-rt.com) on their site. On the landfill for non-contaminated waste, which is operated by the company's Decommissioning & Waste Management division, the shredder is in permanent use crushing wood, ...

May 16, 2018

By Lindner-Recyclingtech GmbH

Powerful films provide information to keep your family safe Most of us turn on the TV to relax after a busy day or to catch up on the day’s events. That is just fine, but if you haven’t discovered the power of well-made documentaries yet, give it a try. Documentaries are nonfictional films that rely on personal experiences, interviews and other storytelling ...

Nov. 19, 2017

By Allerair Industries

Water pollutants can come in many different forms and can have dramatic impacts on fragile ecosystems and aquatic life. There are a huge number of different sources of pollutants and each can have very different levels of harmfulness and environmental impact. In order to explain this further this article explains why water pollution is such an issue,as well as some of its main ...

Sep. 12, 2017

By Aquaread Limited

The UN declared 2005-2015 as the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’. Yet each day thousands of people still die as a result of contaminated water. This does not even take into account the millions of organisms that perish every year thank to polluted water sources. Water pollution is a huge issue that is made more so by the fact that unfortunately, water is ...

Sep. 12, 2017

By Aquaread Limited

Knowing the difference between an EU Directive and an EU Regulation is an important distinction every EHS professional working and/or operating in the region should know. ...

Aug. 7, 2017

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

There have been widespread concerns about solute transport problems in fractured media, e.g. the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in geological fractured rocks. Numerical simulation of particle tracking is gradually being employed to address these issues. Traditional predictions of radioactive waste transport using discrete fracture network (DFN) models often consider one particular ...

Aug. 3, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Why is everyone talking about lead? Not long ago, like so many historic buildings in the UK, a local parish church near to where I live had the lead stolen from its roof.  Sadly, this is not so unusual and all the more distressing in this case, both because it holds special memories as the church where my wife and I were married, and also because the lead was stolen during heavy ...

Aug. 1, 2017

By Tetronics (International) Limited

Back in mid-2016, David Gilson was searching the web for a solution for the Humboldt Bay Decommissioning Project that his company, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company (CB&I) is involved in. The company predicted that the Humboldt Bay Decommissioning Project would end up with large piles of concrete at its radioactive facility, as a result of working with a reactor caisson. Gilson, the ...

Jun. 11, 2017

By MB Crusher

Natural radioactivity and radon concentration were studied in drinking water samples from Baling area, Kedah, Malaysia, using HPGe and RAD-7 detectors, respectively. Average concentrations obtained for 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 222Rn were 44.2 ± 3.9, 38.1 ± 5.0, 140.9 ± 10.6 mBq l−1 and 5.7 ± 0.68 Bq l−1, respectively. Cumulative annual effective ...

May 24, 2017

By IWA Publishing

The study aims to determine the radioactivity levels of thermal waters which have been used seasonally or permanently in spas for therapeutic intentions. Samples were collected from spas in different regions of Turkey. Some radionuclides (40K, 232Th, 226Ra, 137Cs), gross alpha (GA) and gross beta (GB) activities, and physical and some chemical parameters were ...

Apr. 4, 2017

By IWA Publishing

In order to develop an effective and economical method for removing low concentration radioactive wastewater of uranium, the biomass of ‘CMCC(F)-98003’ Aspergillus niger was investigated in a batch system. The maximum uranium adsorption capacity of 12.5 mg g−1 was obtained at the initial uranium concentration of 0.75 mg L−1. The biosorption data on a biomass ...

Jan. 30, 2017

By IWA Publishing

TRA-63 (TRA-605 Warm Waste Line) Failure of Underground 4-Inch Radioactive Warm Waste Pipe and Leakage Discovered During Waste Piping Replacement Construction Project Quick Facts: Pipe Material: Duriron Pipe Pipe Diameter: 4 inches Hole Size: ...

Jan. 26, 2017

By InduMar Products, Inc.

Here at Bullfrog Power, the team is pleased to see increasing provincial, federal and international action on climate to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. We’re supportive of a variety of both market-based and policy-based mechanisms to reduce carbon and fight climate change. We recognize that our customers may have questions about how these programs affect your decision to ...

Jan. 11, 2017

By Bullfrog Power Inc.

Dr Tim Johnson discusses how we can tackle the nuclear waste epidemic. A world full of waste They say you can tell a lot about a society by what it throws away. Like me, I’m sure you can recall the excitement of archaeologists on numerous TV documentaries, sifting through the remains of a rubbish dump or ‘midden’ on the edge of some ...

Sep. 19, 2016

By Tetronics (International) Limited

Investigation of the natural radioactivity levels in water around power plants, as well as in plants, coal, ash, slag and soil, and to assess the associated radiation hazard is becoming an emerging and interesting topic. This paper is focused on the results of the radioactivity analysis in waste water samples from five coal-fired power plants in Serbia (Nikola Tesla A, Nikola Tesla B, ...

Sep. 18, 2016

By IWA Publishing

NORM doesn’t sound like a big thing. But Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material might let the alarm bells ring. Everyone has heard of “radioactive material” and that sounds dangerous. However, most of this material is trapped deep in the ground beneath our feet. From there it reaches the surface, for example via the water cycle. Another possible pathway for NORM to reach the ...

Aug. 11, 2016

By econ industries services GmbH