How are the other wastes from nuclear power plants disposed or What are the methods to monitor and control the radioactivity?
Radioactive waste (other than spent fuel) from reactors can be gaseous, liquid or solid. Gaseous waste arises when small quantities of radioactive material become air borne or radioactive gases get released within the reactor building. Air from the reactor building is continuously passed through high efficiency particulate air filters before being discharged to the atmosphere through а tall stack. Liquid waste arises primarily from the sinks and showers where all operating personnel have а thorough wash at the end of the days’ work. Clean up operations in areas where radioactive materials are handled also produce liquid waste. In а power station like MAPS the total volume of these wastes amount to about 50 cubic meters per day on the average. This liquid waste is treated as follows. Most of the liquid waste has low enough concentrations of radioactive material to be diluted with sea-water up to 100 times its volume and discharged to the sea. It is ensured that, after the dilution, radi
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