Estimates of the occupational exposure to tenorm in the phosphoric acid production plant in Iran

• Published in: Radiation protection dosimetry Vol. 151; no. 3; pp. 600 - 603
• Main Authors: Fathabadi, N., Vasheghani Farahani, M., Moradi, M., Hadadi, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Air Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Background Radiation; Calcium Sulfate - chemistry; Dust; Gamma Rays; Humans; Industrial Waste - adverse effects; Industrial Waste - analysis; Iran; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Phosphoric Acids - analysis; Phosphoric Acids - metabolism; Phosphorus - chemistry; Radiation Monitoring; Radium - analysis; Radon - analysis; Spectrometry, Gamma; Thorium - analysis; Uranium - analysis; Iran

Phosphate rock is used world wide for manufacturing phosphoric acid and several chemical fertilisers. It is known that the phosphate rock contains various concentrations of uranium, thorium, radium and their daughters. The subject of this study is the evaluation of the radiation exposure to workers...