Assessment of Gamma Dose Rate at Mine Waste Dump

• Authors: Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka , Łukasz Wróbel , Andrzej Kłos , Maria Wacławek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Exploitation of coal deposits in Upper Silesia is associated with production of large quantities of waste deposited at dumps. The tested samples from five dumps showed different radioactivity from each other. Radioactivity measurements made it possible to analyze the degree of risk with the factors specified by UNSCEAR such as radium equivalent activity Raeq, internal Ein and external Eex occupancy factor. There is a raised level of radiation in dumps as compared with outside dump areas. In the study area, however, there is no risk associated with elevated levels of radiation in relation to standards established by the Council of Ministers of the ionizing radiation dose limits.

PL

Eksploatacja złóż węgla kamiennego na terenie Górnego Śląska związana jest z produkcją bardzo dużych ilości odpadów składowanych na zwałowiskach. Badane próbki z terenów pięciu zwałowisk wykazywały różniącą się od siebie aktywność promieniotwórczą. Wykonane pomiary aktywności promieniotwórczej pozwoliły na dokonanie analizy stopnia zagrożenia za pomocą współczynników określonych przez UNSCEAR, takich jak ekwiwalent aktywności radu Raeq, wewnętrzny Ein i zewnętrzny Eex współczynnik obłożenia. Stwierdzono, że na obszarze zwałowisk występuje podwyższony poziom promieniowania w porównaniu do średniej rejestrowanej na obszarze kraju. Na badanym terenie nie występuje jednak zagrożenie związane z podwyższonym poziomem promieniowania w odniesieniu do norm ustanowionych przez Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów w sprawie dawek granicznych promieniowania jonizującego.

Keywords

EN

radiological hazard; radionuclides; radiation dose

PL

zagrożenie radiologiczne; radionuklidy; dawka promieniowania

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 555-565

Dates

published

1 - 09 - 2013

online

08 - 10 - 2013

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.

author

Łukasz Wróbel

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.

author

Andrzej Kłos

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.

author

Maria Wacławek

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/eces-2013-0031