Question

Give some measures to control radioactive pollution.

Answer 1

1. Radioactive fuels, fission products, and radioisotopes should not be handled, transported, or used carelessly, including leaks from reactors.
2. The safety measures should be strictly enforced.
3. Shielding during actual work with radionuclides, executing radioactive procedures at a suitable distance from the source, or decreasing the length of exposure by performing the operations quickly can all help to avoid external radiation hazards.
4. Limiting the release of radioactive contaminants.
5. Industrial wastes may only be dumped into the environment after being properly treated to reduce radioactivity. Radioactive waste can be buried in mine repositories, subsea, in ice sheets, in deep holes, flung into space, or transmuted. Waste can be enclosed in concrete-filled steel drums and dumped at a depth of 1000 fathoms (1 fathom = 6 feet) or more in the sea.