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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Evaluation of the radiological quality of water released by a uranium mining in Brazil.

Wagner de Souza Pereira, Alphonse Kelecom, Jose Marques Lopes, Alessander Sá do Carmo, Delcy de Azevedo Py Júnior, Ademir Xavier da Silva

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Wagner de Souza PereiraIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil-INB, Rodovia. Presidente Dutra Km 330, Engenheiro Passos, Resende, RJ, 27555-000, Brazil. pereiraws@gmail.com.
Alphonse KelecomInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF, Niterói, RJ, 24001-970, Brazil.
Jose Marques LopesInstituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia-UFBA, Salvador, 40170-290, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-6646
Alessander Sá do CarmoUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil.
Delcy de Azevedo Py JúniorIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil-INB, Rodovia. Presidente Dutra Km 330, Engenheiro Passos, Resende, RJ, 27555-000, Brazil.
Ademir Xavier da SilvaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A mine in an area of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM), characterized by acid mine drainage, generates effluents with natural radionuclide concentrations, usually above the limits authorized by the regulator. The plant exploiting NORM controls the water quality and discharges it into the aquatic environment after meeting technical requirements. Downstream, water usage is unrestricted. In order to reach activity concentrations in the released effluents below the authorized values, the facility applies a chemical treatment to the effluent. Then, to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment, the facility performs sampling of treated effluent and determines the activity concentration of natural radionuclides (U

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Radiation MonitoringBrazilMiningThoriumUraniumWaterWater Pollutants, RadioactiveThoriumUraniumWaterWater Pollutants, RadioactiveAcid mine drainageEffluentEnvironmental radioprotectionUranium mining

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