[en] The paper gives a brief description of the shallow land disposal facilities in Sweden and how they are regulated by the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI). Some experiences from up to twenty years of operations are given, and further development of the SSI regulations is discussed. (author)

[en] This paper describes the radioactive waste management activities at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The discussion is focussed on the life cycle management of radioactive waste arisings from both operations and decommissioning -- plans for treatment, storage and disposal of Chernobyl NPP arisings are described. An inventory of wastes accumulated to date, and estimates for future arisings are also reported. (author)

[en] The objective of this study is to develop an integrated workstation for rapid decontamination of low and intermediate level liquid radioactive wastes. The workstation comprises of an electrochemical amalgamator that allows the reduction of different radionuclides cations in the waste and eventually from amalgamate. The de-amalgamation results in purification of mercury and leftover a radioactive waste behind as secondary waste. (author)

[en] The paper covers aspects of practical importance for the application of the ISAM methodology with respect to the role of decision-making and its implications. It is attempted to identify those aspects of the ISAM approach which are likely to be influenced or even determined by decision-making requirements. Options for decision-making methodologies are identified and discussed in view of their integration into an assessment process following the ISAM approach. Suggestions for the integration of assessments following the ISAM methodology into an overall assessment process applicable to real situations are given, focussing on existing situation, which often represent more difficult decision-making problems than the planning of new facilities. (author)

[en] The legal infrastructure in Turkey for the management of low-level radioactive waste covers the liquid, solid and gaseous wastes. Management of these radioactive wastes is briefly described in this paper. Moreover, delay and decay tank systems that are used to collect and store the low level radioactive wastes as a part of low-level radioactive effluent discharge policy are introduced. (author)

[en] The 2001 German Radiation Protection Ordinance, based on the European Safety Standards, contains comprehensive regulations for TENORM. These regulations and the underlying dose estimates for the use and disposal of TENORM are described. The practicability of these regulations is discussed and the German approach is compared to the exclusion levels suggested in the draft of the new 2005 ICRP Recommendations. (author)

[en] As a result of wide-scale application of radioactive materials in research, medicine, defence, nuclear power and industry, significant areas of land have become contaminated with radioactivity. Whilst many practices aim to minimise the potential for contamination, there remain a number of sites that are contaminated as a result of historical discharges and accidental releases. In the UK, defence sites are being remediated to be released for redevelopment. International principles, national guidelines and best practice are taken into account, but quantities of low or very low activity radioactive waste are generated, and require disposal. This paper discusses these issues and illustrates their implementation at a specific site in the UK. (author)

[en] The policy and strategy of radioactive waste management as well the existing practices in the country are presented in this paper. A new facility is constructed for radwaste management in accordance with accepted criteria. The operational procedures development is done based in the IAEA publication as well in the daily practice. The safety assessment of the facility is performed considering its impact in the workers, in the public and into environment. Disposal of radioactive waste of low and intermediary level is discussed, considering the country specific features. (author)

[en] This paper discusses the difficulties in applying the prevailing radiation protection concepts in dealing with TENORM issues. The Brazilian experience is presented and the regulatory framework is presented. It is concluded that exemption criteria may not be the best way to address activities involving such kind of materials, although they may serve as reference values, along with dose estimates, to determine the extent in which individual TENORM industries shall be subjected to environmental impact assessment protocols. (author)

[en] In Mexico, it is necessary to establish in a few years, a definitive repository for low and intermediate level radioactive waste in order to satisfy the necessities for the next 50 to 80 years. Therefore, it is required to estimate the radioactive waste volumes generated annually, the updated stored volumes and their projection to the medium term. The results from the simulation of four cases considering the operation for 40 and 60 years of two nuclear power reactors, the use of conventional treatment technology and solid super compaction. If the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant is done 30 years after its lifetime, then it could be saved 50% of the total volume of radioactive waste, without considering that the reactor was operated during 40 or 60 years. Also, this operation extension for the two units represented an increase of 20% for the total volume. (author)