Evaluation of the liquid effluent channeling system of the radioactive waste treatment plant

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Isis M. Fernández Gómez
Milagros Derivet Zarzabal
Eduardo Capote Ferrera
Jorge Carrazana González
Gloria Rodríguez Castro
Niurka González Rodríguez
Mercedes Salgado Mojena
Rafael Castillo Gómez
Juan M. Hernández García

Abstract

A requirement of the operating license of the National Radioactive Waste Management Facilities is to carry out maintenance, inspection and testing work, appropriate to preserve the technological systems important for radiological safety. One of the tests to be carried out is to check the proper functioning of the pipeline system for the liquid waste generated in the Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant, in order to ensure that all these residuals drainto the collectiontank for further evaluation and decision of the appropriate ways of managing of these liquid wastes. For this purpose, the use of radiotracers, specifically the 99mTc isotope, obtained from an elusion of a 99Mo/99mTc generator, was selected to evaluate whether the liquid effluent discharges from the different points of the plant drain to the collection tank. It was also possible to adjust the homogenization time of the liquid contained within the collectiontank, this is an essential condition for taking and analysis of samples of these wastes to ensure the evaluation of their activity levels is reliable.

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Fernández Gómez, I. M., Derivet Zarzabal, M., Capote Ferrera, E., Carrazana González, J., Rodríguez Castro, G., González Rodríguez, N., Salgado Mojena, M., Castillo Gómez, R., & Hernández García, J. M. (2021). Evaluation of the liquid effluent channeling system of the radioactive waste treatment plant. Nucleus, (68). Retrieved from http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/716
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Ciencias Nucleares

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