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Main Title Estech General Chemicals Corporation, Duette Mine, Manatee County, Florida. Resource Document: Radiological Environment.
CORP Author Bolch (W. Emmett), Gainesville, FL.;Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA. Region IV.
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA/904/9-79/044G;
Stock Number PB80-110893
Additional Subjects Environmental impact statements-draft ; Open pit mining ; Phosphate deposits ; Water quality ; Ground water ; Water pollution ; Air pollution ; Solid waste disposal ; Surface waters ; Subsurface investigations ; Natural radioactivity ; Calcium phosphates ; Uranium ; Thorium ; Radium ; Radon ; Florida ; Terrestrial radiation ; Estech General Chemicals Corporation ; Manatee County(Florida) ; Duette Mine ; EPA region 4 ; Pollution abatement
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NTIS  PB80-110893 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The site is unaltered except for agricultural uses and the baseline radiological condition can be readily measured. The mining to the northeast in the west central Florida phosphate area has been extensively studied and can serve as a point of reference for the proposed site. The document describes the background condition of the natural radiation environment in the absence of the proposed mining facilities. The only radionuclides having potential for significant impact are those of the uranium-238 decay series. The relative importance of the thorium-232 series are addressed. The discussion centers upon the natural and disturbed condition of uranium-238 series radionuclides. Specific items to be covered include uranium associated with the phosphate, the uranium series including radium-226 and radon-222, radon progeny, terrestrial gamma radiation, airborne radioactivity, subsurface profiles of radioactivity, radium-226 in surface waters, and radium-226 in groundwaters.