Radiation (radiological) equivalence of radioactive waste and natural uranium ore materials: safety technology for present and future generations

Radiation (radiological) equivalence of radioactive waste and natural uranium ore materials: safety technology for present and future generations.

Ivanov V. K., Lopatkin A. V., Spirin E. V., Solomatin V. M.

The article “Achievability of radiation (radiological) equivalence of radioactive waste and natural uranium” was published in the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Journal (Nо. 4 (106), 2022). The paper considers the theoretical and practical provisions of the principle of radiological equivalence. It is noted that the article is published in the order of discussion and the editors of the journal will be grateful to the authors with an alternative opinion on this issue.
This article contains the main comments on a previously published article in the journal (Nо. 4 (106), 2022), which provides unreasonable restrictions on the use of the principle of radiological equivalence.

Keywords: radiation safety, radioactive waste, closed nuclear fuel cycle, radiological equivalence, lifetime attributable risk.

Article language: Russian. Pp. 31–41. [in Russian]. DOI: 10.26277/SECNRS.2023.108.2.002.