Autor según el artículo: Martínez J; Peñalver A; Baciu T; Artigues M; Danús M; Aguilar C; Borrull F
Departamento: Química Analítica i Química Orgànica
Autor/es de la URV: Aguilar Anguera, Maria del Carmen / BACIU, TATIANA / MARTÍNEZ, JOANA
Palabras clave: Wastewater treatment plant Sludge Potable water treatment plant Nuclear power plant Nuclear medicine Medically-derived i-131 Emitters Artificial gamma radionuclides sludge potable water treatment plant nuclear power plant nuclear medicine artificial gamma radionuclides
Resumen: © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Human activity, such as the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) and the use of radionuclides in nuclear medicine, results in the presence of artificial radionuclides in surface waters, which may even reach potable water treatment plants (PWTPs) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, water and sludge samples from a PWTP are radiologically monitored. The incoming water of the plant is influenced by the presence of an NPP upstream. Two WWTPs receiving wastewater from medical centres and other origins are also studied. As a result, 131I, 60Co and 137Cs have been determined in the dewatered sludge samples from the PWTP, while 131I, 99mTc, 67Ga and 111In were detected in the sludge samples from the WWTPs. The radionuclide activities in the influent water from the WWTPs studied were lower than the minimum detectable activity values. Therefore, on the basis of our results, the analysis of sludge samples is very useful as it enables the concentration of any radionuclides that may be present in the incoming water. Lastly, as higher activity of 131I was detected in the samples studied, the total effective dose was assessed for WWTP workers, as they handle dewatered sludge containing this radionuclide. It can be concluded that there is no risk in terms of total exposure.
Áreas temáticas: Waste management and disposal Saúde coletiva Química Pollution Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geociências General medicine Environmental sciences Environmental chemistry Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Antropologia / arqueologia
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 0265931X
Direcció de correo del autor: carme.aguilar@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-5913-2599
Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0265931X17310688
URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Environmental Radioactivity. 192 187-193
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Martínez J; Peñalver A; Baciu T; Artigues M; Danús M; Aguilar C; Borrull F (2018). Presence of artificial radionuclides in samples from potable water and wastewater treatment plants. Journal Of Environmental Radioactivity, 192(), 187-193. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.06.024
DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.06.024
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2018
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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