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Colloidal silica as a grouting material for the temporary encapsulation of heat-generating radioactive waste during removal and transport operations: A proof of concept

open access: yesFrontiers in Energy Research, 2023
Hazardous nuclear waste is produced at all stages during the nuclear fuel cycle. The removal operations of nuclear waste from nuclear reactors and/or storage facilities, such as spent fuel pools and storage silos, pose a hazard for the workforce and the ...
Arianna Gea Pagano   +2 more
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Investigation the Radiation Effects of Natural-Enriched Uanium Hexafluoride (UF6) Gas Leakage by RASCAL Software Simulation

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2021
Background: Radioactive release materials in nuclear facilities causes environmental pollution, and absorption of radiations by respiration by people and staff in the area of the accident is a vital problem.
masoud Saeb, Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei
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Analysis of Heat Release Processes inside Storage Facilities Containing Irradiated Nuclear Graphite

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2022
The article is dedicated to the safety assessment of mixed storage of irradiated graphite and other types of radioactive waste accumulated during the operation of uranium-graphite reactors.
Alexander O. Pavliuk   +4 more
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Social and Mental Health Impact of Nuclear Disaster in Survivors: A Narrative Review

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2021
This narrative review synthesizes the literature on the psychological consequences of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident of 1979, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, and the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011.
Caley Longmuir, Vincent I. O. Agyapong
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ANALYSIS OF MODERN MATERIALS, METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF EMERGENCY LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTE TREATMENT USED AT THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

open access: yesГеохімія техногенезу, 2022
The operation of nuclear facilities generates large volumes of liquid radioactive waste which poses a potential long-term environmental hazard due to its high radiation activity and the possibility of the radioactive products release into the environment.
Yu. Bondar
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Study of silver aerosol source term at different specific internal energy input from HE detonation devices

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Radioactive aerosols harmful to humans are often produced in nuclear accidents, and their source term characteristics (total volume and particle size distribution) and dispersion patterns have important implications for accident response and hazard ...
Song Kefeng   +11 more
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Impact of accounting of 238U chemical toxicity on its permissible release level to atmosphere

open access: yesРадиационная гигиена, 2021
At present, the permissible atmospheric release levels of 238U are evaluated only on a basis of its radiation impact on population. At the same time, uranium belongs to the 1st hazard class (extremely dangerous chemicals) by its toxic effect.
A. I. Kryshev   +2 more
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Landslide-Induced Mass Transport of Radionuclides along Transboundary Mailuu-Suu River Networks in Central Asia

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Seismically triggered landslides are a major hazard and have caused severe secondary losses. This problem is especially important in the seismic prone Mailuu-Suu catchment in Kyrgyzstan, as it hosts disproportionately sensitive active or legacy uranium ...
Fengqing Li   +7 more
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Environmental Radioactivity Concentrations and Assessment of Radiological Hazards in Soil Around Bandung Nuclear Area

open access: yesComputational and Experimental Research in Materials and Renewable Energy, 2022
Bandung nuclear area is an area which is nuclear reactor named TRIGA 2000 and research laboratory located. The reactor and research laboratory are utilized for training, researching and radioisotopes production that has potential to contaminate the ...
Juni Chussetijowati   +2 more
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Radon on Mt. Etna (Italy): a useful tracer of geodynamic processes and a potential health hazard to populations

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Radon gas and its radioactive daughters have been extensively studied on Mt. Etna, both in local volcanic rocks and in all types of fluid emissions from the volcano (crater gases, fumaroles, mofettes, soil gases, groundwaters).
Salvatore Giammanco   +2 more
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