The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (핵의학기술)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology (대한핵의학기술학회)
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Radioactive Waste Management Procedure of Thyroid Cancer Patients in Isolation room

치료병실에서 배출되는 방사성오염 폐기물의 처리 방안

  • Jeong, Seok (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
  • Oh, Ki-Beak (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
  • Park, Hoon-Heui (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Sam (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Ho (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical)
  • 정석 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 오기백 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 박훈희 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김재삼 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이창호 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과)
  • Received : 2007.12.05
  • Accepted : 2007.12.30
  • Published : 2008.05.11
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Abstract

Radioiodine (I-131) Therapy has been known one of the methods treated with hyperthyroidism and thyroid tumor, using a separate ward. This technique has been already used for several decades, and its clinical efficacy proven. Today, Radioiodine takes a form of capsule through continuous development, so, 30 odd domestic hospitals run about 63 separate wards. And, its demands would increase continuously; because of tending upwards the patients had thyroid cancer. However, various kinds of wastes originate from a procedure of radioiodine therapy. Especially, when their radioactivity exceed permissible level (4 Bq/$cm^2$) set by Nuclear laws of the Republic of Korea, it regards as radioactive wastes, then, managed separately from origination to the last disposal.

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