Tritium laboratories accumulate large quantities of Low Level Waste from items such as paper, Kim-wipes, plastics, cloths, gloves which are used in daily activities of operators and maintenance personnel. The personnel will have worked in potentially active areas and so it is assumed that their waste is contaminated with tritium even though it may not be. During the course of a year considerable waste in this category may have accumulated, some of which could be of a low enough level that it could be discharged into regular land fill, but because its activity level is not positively established it must be stored indefinitely in a low level waste facility with the costs and potential public objection that entails. Tyne has designed equipment to assess the activity of each bag of potentially tritiated waste.?氚實驗室從紙張、金濕巾、塑料、布料、手套等物品中積累大量的低級廢料, 用于操作員和維修人員的日常活動。這些人員將在潛在的活躍地區工作, 因此假定他們的廢物被氚污染, 即使它可能不是。在一年的時間里, 這類廢物可能已經積累了相當大的浪費, 其中一些可以是足夠低的水平, 可以排放到正常的土地填土中, 但由于其活動水平沒有得到積極的確定, 所以必須儲存無限期地在低級別的廢物處理設施與成本和潛在的公眾反對, 需要。Tyne已經設計了設備來評估每袋潛在氚廢物的活動。

The equipment is based on measuring tritium outgassing rate by capturing it in a bubbler subsequently monitored in a scintillation counter. In the case of waste activity being lower than approved levels for disposal, the bag can be sent to regular landfill. This may represent significant saving. The equipment can also be used to characterize tritium contaminated waste such that personnel will become aware of which kind of waste is potentially more active and should be bagged together. This will result in increased inactive waste accumulation, and reduced amounts sent into long term storage.該設備的基礎是測量氚出氣率, 捕獲它在隨后在閃爍計數器監測的涌泉。如廢物活動低于批準的水平處理, 該袋可送往定期堆填區。這可能意味著顯著的節省。這些設備也可以用來描述氚污染的廢物, 這樣, 人員就會意識到哪種廢物可能更活躍, 應該一起打包。這將導致增加不活躍的廢物積累, 并減少被送到長期儲存的數量。

特征

減少長期浪費, 削減開支
可同時監控多袋氚污染廢物
使用最少的操作員參與自動定時操作。

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