An assessment of radioactivity of selected industrial wastes

Author

Juwait, M.R.A. ; Abdo, Aly A Aly ; Hassan, Muhammed H. ; Elmongy, S.A.

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Nucl. Safety & Radiat. Control, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

fYear

1999

fDate

23-25 Feb 1999

Abstract

Phosphogypsum (phph) is a by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid for the artificial fertilizer industry, In the present work, qualitative and quantitative radioactive analysis are carried out for phph from the National Company of Abuzabal for chemical fertilizers. Gamma ray spectroscopy techniques are applied. The present study reveals that the radioactivity resulting from these wastes is above international standards, and it is strongly not recommended to be used as a construction material or for dwellings

Keywords

health hazards; minerals; radioactive pollution; radioactivity; spectrochemical analysis; waste disposal; National Company of Abuzabal; PhPh; artificial fertilizer industry; chemical fertilizers; construction material; dwellings; gamma ray spectroscopy; industrial wastes; phosphogypsum; phosphoric acid; radioactive analysis; radioactivity; Building materials; Cadmium; Chemical analysis; Chemical industry; Construction industry; Fertilizers; Manufacturing industries; Production; Radioactive materials; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Conference, 1999. NRSC '99. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

977-5031-62-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRSC.1999.760951

Filename

760951