Verification of Reaching the Regulatory Limit for the Release of Radioactive Liquid Waste in Nuclear Medicines

• Autorzy: Alfayyadh Linda , Naimi Sepanta , Mizban Fadhil , Al-Hamami Naheel , Alguraibawi Marwah

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DOI

10.12911/22998993/161882

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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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.

Słowa kluczowe

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radioactive iodine; I-131; liquid waste; storage system; decay system; nuclear medicine; authorisation limit

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 5
• Strony: 329--336
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Alfayyadh Linda

• Department of Civil Engineering, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7655-1827

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Naimi Sepanta

• Department of Civil Engineering, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-7090

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Mizban Fadhil

• Department of Radiation Protection and Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, University of Damascus, Syria

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Al-Hamami Naheel

• Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

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Alguraibawi Marwah

• Department of Radiation Physics, University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).