Special treatment of liquid radionuclide waste from the oncology department of the hospital in the Skolkovo Innovation Center

Summary

RadioIzotopnye Pribory, LLC in cooperation with Institut Kanalset’proekt, LLC developed design and engineering documentation for the special treatment of a domestic sewer with liquid radionuclide waste coming from the oncology department of the hospital. The medical department is located on the territory of the Skolkovo Innovation Center (Moscow). The developed special sewer system provides for reducing the volume of wastewater from an «active» hospital ward, safe diverting it to settling tanks for decontamination owing to the natural decay of radioactive isotopes, safe dumping it into the household sewer network posing no risk to the people, environment and sewer facilities.

Key words

radioactive iodine therapy , radiopharmaceuticals , liquid radionuclidic wastes , special sewer system , radioactive safety , vacuum pumping station