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Main Title Radiological surveys of Idaho phosphate ore processing : the thermal process plant.
Author Eadie, Gregory G. ; Bernhardt., David E. ;
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation Programs.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs,
Year Published 1977
Report Number ORP-LV-77-3
Stock Number PB-278 608
OCLC Number 03826040
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Phosphate rock--Idaho
Additional Subjects Phosphate deposits ; Mining ; Processing ; Natural radioactivity ; Environmental impacts ; Monitoring ; Site surveys ; Radioactive wastes ; Industrial wastes ; Crushed stone ; Slags ; Aggregates ; Ferroalloys ; Gamma rays ; Radon ; Sampling ; Dust ; Carbon monoxide ; Process charting ; Industrial plants ; Concrete pavements ; Reclamation ; Recycling ; Radiation measurement ; Roasting ; Radium ; Polonium ; Uranium ; Phosphate industry ; Pocatello(Idaho) ; Road materials ; Baseline measurements ; Air pollution sampling ; Water pollution sampling ; Indoor air pollution
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EJBD  EPA ORP-LV-77-3 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 08/20/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA ORP-LV-77-3 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA ORP-LV-77-3 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/15/2018
ESAD  EPA 0833 2 copies Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 05/31/2016
NTIS  PB-278 608 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 93 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
In general, the phosphate industry is neither regulated nor monitored for the possession, use, or discharge of radioactive materials associated with phosphate rock and its products and by-products. Recently, the State of Idaho (June 1, 1977) has prohibited the use of phosphate slag material in the construction of habitable structures, but has permitted the continued use of slag for road construction, railroad ballast, and other general purposes. Of immediate concern is the accumulation of a data base which will ultimately lead to an assessment of the impact on public health due to the phosphate industry's activities. This report discussses various radiological surveys conducted in the FMC Corporation's Thermal Process Plant in Pocatello, Idaho. Radiological surveys conducted at the FMC Corporation's Thermal Process Plant in Pocatello, Idaho indicate slightly elevated ambient levels of natural radioactivity within the plant. Compared to an estimated natural background annual dose equivalent rate of about 79 mrem, net gamma exposure rates ranged from 42 mrem in general plant areas to 182 mrem per work year on the slag pile. Stack sampling results also show that appreciable concentrations of the naturally-occurring radionuclides, particularly polonium-210 and uranium, are being discharged into the local environs. A general radioactivity balance indicates that the ore is the source of essentially all of the inlet radioactivity. The slag accounts for essentially all of the outgoing uranium and radium-226 and up to about 50 percent of the lead-210 and polonium-210.
Notes
"ORP-LV-77-3." "November 1977." Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-62).