The nuclear facilities at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) have generated a variety of organic liquid radwaste and radiation levels are also varied. At KAERI, the organic liquid radwaste has been stored at Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility (RWTF) temporarily due to the absence of the recognized treatment technique while inorganic liquid radwaste can be treated by evaporation, bituminization, and solar evaporation process. The organic liquid radioactive waste such as spent oil, cutting oil, acetone, ethanol, etc. was generated from the nuclear facilities at KAERI. Among the organic liquid radioactive wastes, spent oil is particularly significant. According to the nuclear safety act, radioactive waste can be cleared by incineration and landfilling if it meets the criteria of less than 10 μSv/h for individual dose and 1 person – Sv/y for collective dose. Dose assessment was performed on some organic liquid radioactive waste with a very low possibility of radioactive contamination stored in RWTF at KAERI. As a result, it was confirmed that some wastes met the regulatory clearance standards. Based on this, it was approved by the regulatory body, and this became the first case in Korea and KAERI for permission for regulatory clearance of organic liquid radioactive waste by landfill after incineration.

• Ki-Baek Shin(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))
• HyunMyoung Jung(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Dae-Seok Hong(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Dong-Su Kim(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Tack-Jin Kim(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Gyuseong Cho(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) Corresponding author