Ring J, Osborne F, Shapiro J, Johnson R
Harvard University, Radiation Protection Office, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Health Phys. 1993 Aug;65(2):193-9. doi: 10.1097/00004032-199308000-00011.
A radioactive waste management program was developed for a large university and medical research complex to contain costs and to reduce the impact of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. The program takes advantage of decay-in-storage, incineration, special packaging techniques, and increased training and awareness. A series of metrics are presented to evaluate the effectiveness of the radioactive waste management program. Through the use of this program the amount of waste disposed of at commercial burial sites decreased from 98% to 1.61% of the waste generated. At the same time the volume of waste generated per laboratory declined by almost 45%, from 0.35 m3 (12.31 ft3) to 0.19 m3 (6.80 ft3).
为一所大型大学和医学研究综合机构制定了一项放射性废物管理计划，以控制成本并降低《低水平放射性废物政策法案》的影响。该计划利用了储存衰变、焚烧、特殊包装技术以及加强培训和提高认识等手段。提出了一系列指标来评估放射性废物管理计划的有效性。通过使用该计划，在商业掩埋场处置的废物量从产生的废物的98%降至1.61%。与此同时，每个实验室产生的废物量下降了近45%，从0.35立方米（12.31立方英尺）降至0.19立方米（6.80立方英尺）。
