Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant

Abstract In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the occupational and public hazards of the radiological impact of non-nuclear industries which process materials containing naturally occurring radionuclides. These include the industries devoted to the production of phosphoric acid by treating sedimentary phosphate rocks enriched in radionuclides from the uranium series. With the Read more about Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant[…]

Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant

Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant Abstract In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the occupational and public hazards of the radiological impact of non-nuclear industries which process materials containing naturally occurring radionuclides. These include the industries devoted to the production of phosphoric Read more about Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant[…]

Enhancement of natural radioactivity in soils and salt-marshes surrounding a non-nuclear industrial complex

Abstract The existence of a very high extension (about 1000 ha) of phosphogypsum piles, sited in the estuary formed by the mouths of the Tinto and Odiel rivers (SW Spain), produce a quite local, but unambiguous radioactive impact in the surrounding salt-marshes. In these piles the main by-product formed in the manufacture of phosphoric acid Read more about Enhancement of natural radioactivity in soils and salt-marshes surrounding a non-nuclear industrial complex[…]