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Waste acceptance requirements (c. 2000 - )

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Waste acceptance criteria. Quantitative or qualitative criteria specified by the regulatory body, or specified by an operator and approved by the regulatory body, for radioactive waste to be accepted by the operator of a repository for disposal, or by the operator of a storage facility for storage. Source: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology used in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety [Working Material Version 1.0], International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, April 2000


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Waste acceptance requirements might include, for example, restrictions on the activity concentrations or total activity of particular radionuclides (or types of radionuclide) in the waste or requirements concerning the waste form or packaging of the waste.

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April 2000

International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology used in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety [Working Material Version 1.0], International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, April 2000

 
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Prepared by: Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 June 2003
Modified: 22 June 2003

Published by Austehc
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: gavanjm@unimelb.edu.au
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Updated: 4 August 2020
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