Naslov
Radioactive contamination of water due to phosphate fertilizer production

Autori
Marović, Gordana ; Kovač, Jadranka ; Senčar, Jasminka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the Sixth International Symposium & Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States / - Prag, 2003, 227-227

Skup
International Symposium & Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (6 ; 2003)

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 01.09.2003. - 04.09.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
radioactivity; radium; technologicaly enhanced radioactive material; trickling water; drinking water

Sažetak
This study was carried out in a phosphate fertilizer factory in central Croatia, which may represent a site of significant environmental contamination due to fertilizer production and phosphogypsum deposition in the area. Owing to 226Ra tendency to concentrate in phosphogypsum during phosphate ore processing, this material is classified as technologicaly enhanced radioactive material. The 226Ra content was measured in the samples of trickling waters collected near a phosphogypsum deposit around a fertilizer plant. The vales were compared to those measured in the samples of drinking water in a nearby residential zone, because trickling waters may be a source of radioactivity in the drinking water and a potential risk for the inhabitants. However, concurrent analyses of drinking water indicated that the risk of adverse health effects for the population living in the vicinity of a phosphate fertilizer plant is negligible.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Kemija, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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