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- The study addresses the radiological assessment of burnable waste at CERN, which may contain radioactive elements from activated accelerator parts.
- The developed methodology evaluates waste based on various factors like irradiation circumstances and material types, using total gamma counters for measurement.
- A successful pilot campaign demonstrated the effectiveness of this method, allowing 13 meters of waste to be classified as non-radioactive.
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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 of burnable waste as conventional non-radioactive waste.
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