Verification of reaching the regulatory limit for the release of radioactive liquid waste in nuclear medicines
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Tarih
2023
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Yayıncı
Polskie Towarzystwo Inzynierii Ekologicznej (PTIE)
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
The research was conducted at one of Iraq’s nuclear medical facilities in Baghdad, which uses radioactive iodine (I-131) to treat thyroid patients, the major purpose of this research was to meet the national legal limit for the release of radioactive liquid waste into the environment, a high purity germanium reagent radiation detector was used to evaluate nine iodine I-131 samples. From 2021 and 2023, the concentration of waste prior to storage and disposal was between 24498 Bq/L and 5.7 Bq/L. Short-lived radionuclides, such as I-131 with an 8.04-day half-life, may be released into the sewage system in line with Iraq’s Nationally Approved Limits and Austria’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Moreover, it is stored for 10 times the half-life, or four months, until the choice to release it into the environment is made.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Authorization Limits, Liquid Waste, Nuclear Medicine, Radioactive Iodine I-131, Storage and Decay System
Kaynak
Journal of Ecological Engineering
WoS Q Değeri
N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
24
Sayı
5
Künye
Alfayyadh, L., Naimi, S., Mizban, F. H., Al-Hamami, N., Alguraibawi, M. S. (2023). Verification of reaching the regulatory limit for the release of radioactive liquid waste in nuclear medicines. Journal of Ecological Engineering, 24(5), 329-336.
