Abstract
At present, radioactive wastes in Indonesia are generated mainly from nuclear research with a small amount from industrial applications. The wastes, mostly containing short-life radionuclides, consist of a large quantity of low, and a small quantity of medium level wastes. Some research centres have their own waste treatment facility, but do not have an adequate long-term storage for their packaged wastes. Other research centres, like those at Serpong Nuclear Research Centre (SNRC), centralise their waste treatment and storage at the Radioactive Waste Management Centre (RWMC). The waste transport from waste generators to the RWMC are carried out using truck trailers. The practices of low level waste handling and transport are described. Principles covering waste handling before, during, and after, waste treatment are implemented by considering the health and safety of the transport workers and environmental safety. Waste collection has been arranged in such a way as to facilitate further waste processing. The description covers the low level wastes in the form of inorganic, organic liquid waste, spent resin, compactable and burnable solid wastes, and embedded wastes.
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