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Management of by-products generated by NORM industries: towards their valorization and minimization of their environmental radiological impact

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In this paper a call is performed in support of the valorization of some by-products generated in the production processes of some NORM industries. In spite of a traditional management of these by-products based either in their direct releases to the environment or their disposal under control in big areas, their use attending to their characteristics in fields as agriculture, construction of buildings, construction of roads, in landfills, etc. should be promoted. These applications will minimize the environmental and public radiological impact of these by-products, generating at the same time economic benefits to the NORM industries involved.

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  1. Departamento Física Aplicada II, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

    Rafael García-Tenorio & J. Mantero

  2. Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (Universidad de Sevilla, Junta Andalucía, CSIC), Seville, Spain

    Rafael García-Tenorio

  3. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain

    J. P. Bolivar & M. J. Gazquez

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García-Tenorio, R., Bolivar, J.P., Gazquez, M.J. et al. Management of by-products generated by NORM industries: towards their valorization and minimization of their environmental radiological impact. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 306, 641–648 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4263-6

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