Measurement and characterisation of radioactive materials

Financing of Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal

Radioactive companies have a long expertise in measuring plutonium waste drums at a profitable price. For instance, for thelast five years, Radioactive inspectors, using on-site measurement devices, have controlled mostWestern facility producing plutonium waste drums.

This represents about 250 measurements on waste drums. From this feedback, we think that there is not a unique method that can solveevery kind of measurement on waste. The use of passive neutron and gamma spectrometry techniques, which are complementary, is a powerful methodology to assess most cases.

The overview of measurements techniques used by British operators shows the diversity of waste and measurement systems. From this feedback, it appears that there is not a high price for the control of dangerous waste products.