A new approach to assessment and management of the impact from medical liquid radioactive waste

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1572-1577

  Sundell Bergman, S ^a,b   de la Cruz, I ^c   Avila, R ^c   Hasselblad, S ^d  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^c Facilia AB   (Sweden)

^d Callido AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical radioactive waste; Dose assessment; Hospitals; Probabilistic modelling; Radionuclides; Sewers

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE; DOSE ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL LIQUID; NEW APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODELLING; RADIONUCLIDES; SEWERS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWER NETWORK; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWER; SIMULATION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MEDICAL WASTE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 50349091451     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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