title: Radioactive waste management: review on clearance levels and acceptance criteria legislation, requirements and standards.
abstract: In 2011 the joint research project Metrology for Radioactive Waste Management (MetroRWM)(1) of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) started with a total duration of three years. Within this project, new metrological resources for the assessment of radioactive waste, including their calibration with new reference materials traceable to national standards will be developed. This paper gives a review on national, European and international strategies as basis for science-based metrological requirements in clearance and acceptance of radioactive waste.
authors.affiliation: BEV-Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Wien, Austria. franz-josef.maringer@bev.gv.at
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Maringer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suráň
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kovář
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chauvenet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peyres
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Toraño
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cozzella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vodenik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hult
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rosengård
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merimaa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szücs
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: J C J
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tymiński
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hinca
authors.forename: G
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authors.lastname: Mirescu
mesh_terms: D003666:Decontamination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D038622:Internationality; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste
keywords: Acceptance criteria; Clearance levels; European radiation protection directive; Exemption levels; Radioactive waste disposal; Radioactive waste management