Th-232 Radiological Aspects of Carbonate Niobium Mining Waste Use as Agricultural Amendment

Rafaella Menezes Ayllon; Marcos R. Furlan; Thammiris Mohamad El Hajj; Paulo Sergio Cardoso Silva

doi:10.15392/2319-0612.2023.2223

Authors

Rafaella Menezes Ayllon Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares
Marcos R. Furlan Universidade de Taubaté
Thammiris Mohamad El Hajj Universidade Federal de Alfenas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-3759
Paulo Sergio Cardoso Silva Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/2319-0612.2023.2223

Keywords:

NORM, absorption of Th, niobium

Abstract

The use of mining residues in agriculture may be possible, as long as there be previous studies in different areas, one of them being the analysis of the involved radionuclides behavior. This study determined the concentrations of ²³²Th activity in soil, soil treated with lime, soil with carbonate residue from niobium mining, soil with the mixture of lime and carbonate, in two moments. The transfer factor of ²³²Th from the soil to the plant was analyzed, in this case, lettuce (n=20), in the different types of treatment and in two moments. The addition of carbonate to the soils did not significantly alter the levels of radioactivity for ²³²Th radionuclide in lettuce. The effective dose resulting from the lettuce ingestion varied from 0.09 to 0.3 µSv y^-1.

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