Radioactive Waste Disposal
Questions Answered by HPS Experts
The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.
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| • Disposal | ||
| • Low Level Waste | ||
| • U.S. High Level Waste Issues (Yucca Mountain) | ||
| • Mixed Waste |
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| • Miscellaneous | ||
| Disposal |
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| Q6532 | – | Characterization methods for radioactive waste |
| Q7193 | – | Air sampling in rad waste area |
| Q8231 | – | Monitoring for alpha emitters |
| Q8516 | – | Disposal of lead lining |
| Q9858 | – | Disposal of iodine-125 via decay in storage |
| Q9860 | – | Disposal of strontium-85/strontium-82 Generator Waste |
| Q10119 | – | Cremation and I-125 prostate implant seeds |
| Low Level Waste |
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| Q10391 | – | Siting criteria for an LLW disposal facility |
| U.S. High Level Waste Issues (Yucca Mountain) |
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| Q10009 | – | Disposal of radioactive waste - vitrification |
| Mixed Waste |
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| Q10400 | – | When radioactive waste is mixed waste |
| Miscellaneous |
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| Q10203 | – | Transportation of hazardous materials |
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