dc.creator | Mutafela, Richard N. | es |
dc.creator | Mantero Cabrera, Juan | es |
dc.creator | Jani, Yahya | es |
dc.creator | Thomas, Rimon | es |
dc.creator | Holm, Elis | es |
dc.creator | Hogland, William | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-01T12:11:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-01T12:11:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mutafela, R.N., Mantero Cabrera, J., Jani, Y., Thomas, R., Holm, E. y Hogland, W. (2020). Radiometrical and physico-chemical characterisation of contaminated glass waste from a glass dump in Sweden. Chemosphere, 241 (124964). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124964. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0045-6535 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 1879-1298 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/154412 | |
dc.description.abstract | Around former glass factories in south eastern Sweden, there are dozens of dumps whose radioactivity and physico-chemical properties were not investigated previously. Thus, radiometric and physico-chemical characteristics of waste at Madesjö glass dump were studied to evaluate pre-recycling storage requirements and potential radiological and environmental risks. The material was sieved, hand-sorted, leached and scanned with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). External dose rates and activity concentrations of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials from 238U, 232Th series and 40K were also measured coupled with a radiological risk assessment. Results showed that the waste was 95% glass and dominated by fine fractions (<11.3 mm) at 43.6%. The fine fraction had pH 7.8, 2.6% moisture content, 123 mg kg−1 Total Dissolved Solids, 37.2 mg kg−1 Dissolved Organic Carbon and 10.5 mg kg−1 fluorides. Compared with Swedish EPA guidelines, the elements As, Cd, Pb and Zn were in hazardous concentrations while Pb leached more than the limits for inert and non-hazardous wastes. With 40K activity concentration up to 3000 Bq kg−1, enhanced external dose rates of 40K were established (0.20 μSv h−1) although no radiological risk was found since both External Hazard Index (Hex) and Gamma Index (Iγ) were <1. The glass dump needs remediation and storage of the waste materials under a safe hazardous waste class ‘Bank Account’ storage cell as a secondary resource for potential future recycling. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 40 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Chemosphere, 241 (124964). | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Glass waste | es |
dc.subject | Physico-chemical characterisation | es |
dc.subject | Fine fraction | es |
dc.subject | NORM | es |
dc.subject | Dose rates | es |
dc.subject | Risk assessment | es |
dc.title | Radiometrical and physico-chemical characterisation of contaminated glass waste from a glass dump in Sweden | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada II | es |
dc.relation.projectID | SSM 2017-1074 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | 2016-05279 | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653519322039?via%3Dihub | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124964 | es |
dc.contributor.group | Universidad de Sevilla. RNM138: Física Nuclear Aplicada | es |
dc.journaltitle | Chemosphere | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 241 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 124964 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Swedish Radiation Safety Authority | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova | es |