Radiation Protection Glossary
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Low Level Waste (LLW)
Low Level Waste (LLW) consists mainly of items such as protective clothing, laboratory equipment, packing materials, containers and site equipment which have come into contact with Radioactive
material and are no longer useful. In the UK the definition of LLW is waste with a radioactive content not exceeding 4 GBq/tonne of Alpha
activity or 12 GBq/tonne of Beta
/Gamma
activity. See Radioactive Waste
for more information.
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