Presence of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in sludge samples from several Spanish water treatment plants

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 716-721

  Palomo, M ^a   Penalver A ^a   Aguilar, C ^a   Borrull, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

NORM; Sludge; Water treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ALPHA EMITTERS; CATALONIA; GAMMA EMITTERS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIONUCLIDE CONTENT; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SLUDGE WATER; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

RIVER WATER; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; RADIOISOTOPE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; RADIONUCLIDE; SLUDGE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; GEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT; POTABLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

SPAIN;

EID: 77954533068     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.071     Document Type: Article

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