Assessment of released natural radionuclides by waste rock pile and mining pit associated with a uranium mine at Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Autor: Wagner S, Pereira, Alphonse, Kelecom, Maxime, Charles-Pierre, José M, Lopes, Emanuele L C, Campelo, Cleber B, Espindola, Alessander S, Carmo, Delcy A Py, Junior, Samuel Q, Pelegrineli, Ademir X, Silva
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research internationalReferences. 29(38)
ISSN: 1614-7499
Popis: The Ore Treatment Unit was a uranium mining company that is currently being decommissioned. The local rainfall index makes it necessary to release effluents into the environment. After releasing, the wastewater is available for unrestricted use. Current study aims to use national and international recommendations to assess the radiological potability of released effluents at one of the three points of company's interface with the environment. Twenty-four samples of water were collected and activity concentrations (AC) were obtained by gross alpha count, gross beta count, and for arsenazo spectrophotometry. Statistical analysis techniques were applied to the data with the purpose of understanding the results for the soluble, particulate, and total fractions. The mean AC for effluents were 3.580, 0.082, 0.103, 0.063, and 0.090 Bq L
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