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Regional Basic Professional Training Course in Korea

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❙ 1029 ❙<br />

20. Waste Management<br />

environment. As usual, gaseous radioactive waste is properly controlled so that the<br />

result<strong>in</strong>g off‐site exposure dose may not exceed the regulatory limits by the blockage of<br />

release if there is any excess of the preset limits, under cont<strong>in</strong>uous monitor<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

radioactivity with<strong>in</strong> gaseous effluent.<br />

As for nuclear power plant, gaseous radioactive waste is ma<strong>in</strong>ly generated from the<br />

degass<strong>in</strong>g of the primary system and ventilation systems for the radiation controlled area<br />

<strong>in</strong> NPPs. The gaseous waste from the primary system shall be treated by gas decay tank<br />

or charcoal delay bed to reduce radioactivity and released <strong>in</strong>to the atmosphere through a<br />

radiation monitor. Gaseous waste from the build<strong>in</strong>g ventilation system is also to be<br />

exhausted through a high‐efficiency particulate filter and charcoal filter under cont<strong>in</strong>uous<br />

monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to the environment.<br />

Most countries address the maximum radioactivity concentration limits (i.e. ECL) for<br />

gaseous effluent be<strong>in</strong>g released <strong>in</strong>to the atmosphere on the restricted area boundary. The<br />

licensee shall conduct a periodic evaluation for the expected off‐site dose due to gaseous<br />

effluent released <strong>in</strong>to the environment, and rout<strong>in</strong>ely report results to the regulatory body.<br />

Liquid radioactive waste management<br />

Generally, liquid waste is separated <strong>in</strong>to different treatment equipment upon their<br />

properties and characteristics of waste. They are treated by several treatment systems<br />

such as precipitation, polymer coagulation, and/or centrifugation <strong>in</strong> accordance with their<br />

characteristics. The treated liquid waste below release limits is allowed to batch‐wise<br />

discharge. Data such as discharge volume, and release amounts of radioactivity are<br />

recorded and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />

As typical practices at NPP, liquid radioactive waste is ma<strong>in</strong>ly generated from the cleanup<br />

and ma<strong>in</strong>tenance process of reactor coolant and related systems conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g radioactivity.<br />

In general, liquid radioactive waste is treated with evaporators, dem<strong>in</strong>eralizers, and/or

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