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<a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Charousset%2C%20Renaud&ln=no">Charousset, Renaud</a> (CERN) ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Dumont%2C%20Gerald&ln=no">Dumont, Gerald</a> (CERN) ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Magistris%2C%20Matteo&ln=no">Magistris, Matteo</a> (CERN) ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Menaa%2C%20Nabil&ln=no">Menaa, Nabil</a> (CERN) ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Giunio%20Pisano%2C%20Paolo&ln=no">Giunio Pisano, Paolo</a> (CERN) ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Theis%2C%20Christian&ln=no">Theis, Christian</a> (CERN)</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Publication </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">2023</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Number of pages </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">7</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> In: </td><td style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110782"><i>Appl. Radiat. Isot.</i> 196 (2023) 110782</a> </a></td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> DOI </td><td style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110782" title="DOI" target="_blank">10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110782</a> (publication) <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Subject category </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">Health Physics and Radiation Effects</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Abstract </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">Burnable waste produced at CERN during upgrading, maintenance and dismantling campaigns may be contaminated with radioactive nuclides produced through activation of accelerator components. Here, we present a methodology for the radiological characterisation of burnable waste, which takes into account the wide range of potential activation conditions (beam energy, material composition, location, irradiation and waiting time). Waste packages are measured using a total gamma counter, with the sum of clearance limit fractions estimated using the fingerprint method. Gamma spectroscopy was found to be unsuitable for classifying this waste due to the long counting times required to identify many expected nuclides, but was retained for quality control purposes. Using this methodology, a pilot campaign was performed in which we were able to clear 13 m$^3$ of burnable waste as conventional non-radioactive waste.</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Copyright/License </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">publication: © 2023-2025 The Authors (License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC-BY-4.0</a>)</td></tr> </table> <br/>Corresponding record in: <a href="http://inspirehep.net/record/2646445">Inspire</a> <small> </small> <br/> <br/><br/><div align="right"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-top:30px;"><span class="moreinfo" style="margin-right:10px;"> <a href="" class="moreinfo">Back to search</a> </span></div></div> <div class="bottom-left-folded"><div class="recordlastmodifiedbox" style="position:relative;margin-left:1px"> Element opprettet 2023-03-31, sist endret 2023-04-11</div></div> <div class="bottom-right-folded" style="text-align:right;padding-bottom:2px;"> <span class="moreinfo" style="margin-right:10px;"><a href="/search?ln=no&p=recid%3A2854825&rm=wrd" class="moreinfo">Lignende elementer</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <br/> <br /> <div class="detailedrecordminipanel"> <div class="top-left"></div><div class="top-right"></div> <div class="inside"> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelfile" style="width:33%;float:left;text-align:center;margin-top:0"> <div><small class="detailedRecordActions">Fulltekst:</small> <br /><a href="/record/2854825/files/1-s2.0-S0969804323001355-main.pdf"><img style="border:none" src="/img/file-icon-text-34x48.gif" alt="Last ned fulltekst" /><br />PDF</a><br /></div> </div> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelreview" style="width:30%;float:left;text-align:center"> </div> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelactions" style="width:36%;float:right;text-align:right;"> <ul class="detailedrecordactions"> <li><a href="/yourbaskets/add?ln=no&recid=2854825">Legg i egen kurv</a></li> <li>Eksporter som <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/hx?ln=no">BibTeX</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/hm?ln=no">MARC</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/xm?ln=no">MARCXML</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/xd?ln=no">DC</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/xe?ln=no">EndNote</a>,  <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/xn?ln=no">NLM</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2854825/export/xw?ln=no">RefWorks</a> </li> </ul> <div style='padding-left: 13px;'>  <div id="bookmark"></div> <div id="bookmark_sciencewise"></div> <style type="text/css"> #bookmark_sciencewise, #bookmark {float: left;} #bookmark_sciencewise li {padding: 2px; width: 25px;} #bookmark_sciencewise ul, #bookmark ul {list-style-image: none;} </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.bookmark.min.js"></script> <style type="text/css">@import "/css/jquery.bookmark.css";</style> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ $.bookmark.addSite('sciencewise', 'ScienceWise.info', 'https://cds.cern.ch/img/sciencewise.png', 'en', 'bookmark', 'http://sciencewise.info/bookmarks/cds:2854825/add'); $('#bookmark_sciencewise').bookmark({sites: ['sciencewise']}); $('#bookmark').bookmark({ sites: ['facebook', 'twitter', 'linkedin', 'google_plusone'], icons: '/img/bookmarks.png', url: 'https://cds.cern.ch/record/2854825', addEmail: true, title: "Radiological characterisation for the clearance of burnable waste produced at CERN", description: "Burnable waste produced at CERN during upgrading, maintenance and dismantling campaigns may be contaminated with radioactive nuclides produced through activation of accelerator components. 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