RADIATION PROTECTION BULLETIN ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 17-21.

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Monitoring of Radiation Environment around Urban Radioactive Waste Storage in Shanxi Province (2016-2019)

Wang Haiyong   

  1. Shanxi Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001
  • Received:2019-12-25 Online:2020-04-20 Published:2021-01-15

Abstract: The urban radioactive waste storage in Shanxi Province is used to hold solid radioactive wastes and spent sources from nuclear technology utilization operations in the area. From 2016 to 2019, its stock of sources increased by nearly 1,000. The ambient radiation environment was monitored during the same period, with respect to gamma dose rate, alpha and beta surface contamination levels, total beta aerosol level, total alpha and beta levels in water, and gamma nuclide levels in soil. The results showed that the radiation level was within the natural background and no appreciable change was observed.

Key words: Urban radioactive waste storage, Radiation environment, Monitoring

CLC Number: 

  • X837