%0 Journal Article
%A Klass, Larissa
%A Ritz, Philipp
%A Hirsch, Marius
%A Kettler, John
%A Havenith, Andreas
%A Wilden, Andreas
%A Modolo, Giuseppe
%T Gamma-spectrometric measurement procedure for a clearance concept of radioactively contaminated mercury from nuclear facilities
%J Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry
%V 329
%@ 0022-4081
%C Dordrecht [u.a.]
%I Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
%M FZJ-2021-02559
%P  565–580 
%D 2021
%X Radioactive mercury waste constitutes a significant challenge, as no approved disposal concept yet exists for such waste in Germany. This work describes a decontamination and measurement procedure for a possible clearance of mercury from nuclear facilities and release into reuse or conventional hazardous waste disposal to reduce the amount of mercury in a nuclear repository. The measurement setup and procedure were developed and evaluated including Monte-Carlo N-Particle® Transport Code  simulations to ensure conservative assumptions during the measurements. Results from decontaminated mercury samples show that a clearance pursuant to the German regulations would be feasible.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000665724500003
%R 10.1007/s10967-021-07840-7
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893100