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Radioactive waste is looked upon as an inevitable or natural consequence of the uses of radioactive materials in various parts of the society, including nuclear medicine and biomedical research. This is right, but must never be an excuse for being more relaxed in waste disposal principles than in other areas of radiation protection. On the other hand too strict limits for disposal of radioactive waste will make daily work in radiopharmacy and nuclear medicine too difficult and therefore it is very important in this field to find the right balance between the need to maintain the standard of medical service and the need to keep the irradiation of personnel and population “as low as reasonably achievable”.
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Ennow, K. (1987). Waste Disposal. In: Kristensen, K., Nørbygaard, E. (eds) Safety and Efficacy of Radiopharmaceuticals 1987. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3375-0_18
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