Over the past decade significant progress has been achieved in the development of waste characterization and control procedures and equipment as a direct response to ever-increasing requirements for quality and reliability of information on waste characteristics. Failure in control procedures at any step can have important, adverse consequences and may result in producing waste packages which are not compliant with the waste acceptance criteria for disposal, thereby adversely impacting the repository. The information and guidance included in this publication corresponds to recent achievements and reflects the optimum approaches, thereby reducing the potential for error and enhancing the quality of the end product. -- Publisher's description.

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"This Safety Report covers the development and implementation of monitoring strategies for compliance with the exemption or clearance of material containing low activity concentrations of radionuclides originating from authorized practices, which include both operating and decommissioning activities for all types of facilities. It also provides recommendations on the selection of monitoring instrumentation and techniques, illustrated through a series of practical examples."--P. [4] of cover.