Radiological consequences of amending soils with bauxite residue-gypsum mixtures [Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia]
1993
Summers, K.J. (Alcoa of Australia Ltd, Applecross) | O'Connor, B.H. (Curtin Univ. of Technology, Perth (Australia). Dept. of Applied Physics) | Fox, D.R. (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Floreat Park (Australia). Biometrics Unit)
The gamma radiation flux from sandy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain treated with bauxite residue-gypsum at various application rates was examined and the radiological significance of soil amendment was assessed in relation to currently accepted standards. Amendment rates of up to 2000 t per ha of bauxite residue were used. There is a linear increase of incremental gamma dose with increasing rate of residue. The 1 mSv limit for incremental gamma dose exposure for the general public is reached for 100 percent occupancy at an amendment rate of 1500 t per ha of bauxite residue. The gamma rate of approximately 0.15 micro Gy per h is similar to that for soils of much of the area between Bunbury and Capel in the south-west of Western Australia and is significantly lower than levels for Minninup beach where there are deposits of mineral sands.
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