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The application of the principles for limiting releases of radioactive effluents in the case of the mining and milling of radioactive ores: Safety series no. 90: Procedures and data (1989)

AuthorIAEA
Date1989
Classification 6.01.2.20/80 (URANIUM - MINING / PRODUCTION / STOCKS / PRICES)
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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1. GENERAL

This report deals with the application of the principles for limiting releases of 
radioactive effluents from the mining and milling of radioactive ores. Controlled 
releases of effluents are often a component of the management of wastes arising 
during the normal operations of mining and milling facilities. Accidental releases 
are not dealt with here because, in such cases, it is only possible to limit exposures 
by intervention. Although the wastes resulting from the mining and milling of 
radioactive ores contain non-radioactive as well as radioactive components, non-
radioactive releases are also not dealt with here, though it should be noted that 
the competent authority, as well as the operator, has to deal with the release and 
subsequent impact of these non-radioactive releases within the context of existing 
regulations.
The principles for limiting releases of radioactive effluents into the environment are 
discussed in IAEA Safety Series No. 77 [1], which provides guidance for the setting 
of release limits. Authorized limits for release are set by competent authorities 
taking many factors into account. If only radiation safety considerations were to 
be applied, the release limit would be the result of satisfying both the upper bound
and the optimization requirements. It would, therefore, be the release corresponding
to the result of the optimization procedure carried out under the constraint of the 
upper bound (i.e. the result of upper bound constrained optimization).

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