— Other Uses of Phosphogypsum. Under certain conditions, phosphogypsum may be removed from stacks for outdoor agricultural purposes or indoor research and development. Any other use of phosphogypsum requires advance permission from EPA.

 — Phosphogypsum (PG) accumulates during wet-phosphoric acid production for fertilizers. In the Philippines, PG is partly (40%) utilized to produce gypsum walls and cement. This work assesses the radiological risks and resource opportunities associated with PG stacks in the Philippines. The conducted in situ radiometric survey measured …

O'Brien (1997) assumed a 226 Ra activity concentration of 400 Bq/kg in phosphogypsum and calculated the annual effective dose from gamma radiation for a person continually occupying the room of dimensions up to 5 m × 5 m × 3 m lined from all the walls and ceiling by 10-mm wallboard, and found that it does not exceed 0.13 mSv.

 — The activity of phosphogypsum used for agricultural purposes may not exceed 10 pCi/g. An estimated 221,000 MT of phosphogypsum are taken from the phosphogypsum stacks and used in agriculture each year. There is no limitation on the amount of material that can be applied and farmers do not have to maintain certificates …

 — Florida lawmakers want to use radioactive material phosphogypsum to pave roads Phosphogypsum, a byproduct in the fertilizer industry, contains uranium and radium — and as the EPA notes, it also ...

 — Although several technical studies on the radiological effects of phosphogypsum storage areas in the environment have been carried out around the world (Al Attar et al., 2011; Dueñas et al., 2010 ...

 — Phosphogypsum (PG) is a major hazardous by-product of the phosphate industry. The whole world is facing the challenge of increasing stockpiles of PG, which …

 — The use of 40 t/ha of PG for reclamation of a very strongly saline soil (ECe = 52 ds/m and ESP = 35.7%) using moderate saline water (EC = 2.2 ds/m and Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) = 4.1 Meq/l) increased the relative removal of sodium (Na/Na 0), which was 0.80 in the treated soil leachate compared to 0.42 in the control test …

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Phosphogypsum Stacks. America is blessed with abundant low-cost natural gypsum. There is also an abundance of flue gas desulfurization gypsum produced as a by-product of coal-fired power plants. ... Radiation and Phosphogypsum; Radiation and Phosphoric Acid; Radioactivity and Phosphatic Clay Ponds; Phosphate Companies and EPA's Toxic …

acid, 4–5 tons of phosphogypsum are produced (El Issiouy et al. 2013; Papastefanou et al. 2006). Currently, between 3 and 4 billion tons of phosphogypsum have been produced, with an annual rise of 300 million tons (Cuadri et al. 2021). The question of considering phosphogypsum as a waste or a resource has been

 — The bill does state that any phosphogypsum-centered plans for road construction would be used "in accordance with the conditions" of the EPA's approval, which the EPA spokesperson reiterated to ...

 — Physico-chemical characteristics of phosphogypsum. Phosphogypsum is a grey, damp, fine-grained material (silty or silty-sandy) with a maximum grain size between 0.5 and 1.0 mm and 50–75 % of particles finer than 0.075 mm . The moisture content usually ranges between 8 % and 30 % (3, 6). Its density, strength, compressibility, and …

 — Manatee County officials have issued evacuation orders for the area surrounding Florida's Piney Point in anticipation of the imminent catastrophic collapse of a phosphogypsum stack retention pond holding up to 700 million gallons of wastewater. It has been reported that 22,000 million gallons a minute are being discharged from the …

 — Phosphogypsum (PG) is a by-product produced during the wet process of phosphoric acid (H3PO4) production from natural phosphate rocks. Approximately 4–6 tons of PG is produced per ton of ...

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 — This study contributes to sustainable construction practices by exploring the use of phosphogypsum, a commonly discarded byproduct, in the production of recycled aggregates. Addressing both environmental and economic aspects of sustainability, we investigate the feasibility of employing phosphogypsum as a primary raw material, in …

 — In the case, for example, of the reuse of phosphogypsum for agricultural purposes, a maximum concentration of 400 Bq kg −1 was established, a value calculated based on a specific situation of exposure to radiation through the consumption of rice produced in soil enriched with phosphogypsum, in which the dose limit would be 10 μSv …

 — The work by Zemni et al. [44] provides a study on the generation of calcium silicate and sodium sulphate, through the chemical reactions between phosphogypsum and sodium silicate.The results showed that the solid produced during the reaction can sequester CO 2.Rashad [17] assessed the effect of PG on properties such as …

 — The phosphogypsum and rock phosphate samples were analysed for the estimation of radioactivity in them along with the soil samples. The results for activity concentration of 238 U, 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in the samples were compared with other studies carried out worldwide. Table 2 shows the wide variation of activity concentrations …

Because phosphogypsum is a waste product, it is relatively low cost, but it does have potential use as a supplementary material in the concrete slurry used to build roads. A 1989 study from the University of Miami compared three roads constructed in Florida before the EPA's ban on phosphogypsum in road construction. It found that Parrish Road ...

 — to Develop Uses for Phosphogypsum G. Michael Lloyd, Jr, Research Director- Chemical Processing INTRODUCTION Phosphogypsum disposal was a very simple matter in the early days of the industry. If at all possible, you located your plant near the ocean or on a river and dumped the phosphogypsum into the sea or the river. If you …

(Interim)), set out the principles and basic requirements for radiation protection and safety applicable to all activities involving radiation exposure, including exposure to natural …

As a source of gypsum, phosphogypsum can and does substitute natural gypsum as a soil amendment in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, and Spain, to name a few. Studies have even found that the application …

 — Phosphogypsum contains radium, which decays to form radon gas. Both radium and radon are radioactive and can cause cancer. The Clean Air Act regulations …

 — Wet processing causes the selective separation and concentration of naturally occurring radium (Ra), uranium (U) and thorium (Th): about 80–90% of 226 Ra is …

 — According to a 2019 report from the Fertilizer Institute, an estimated 734 million tons of phosphogypsum have accumulated in the United States — a number the industry group projected to steadily increase each year. That material sits in more than 70 similar open-air piles, which can be hundreds of feet tall and hundreds of acres wide, …

 — The owner/operators have to take measures to keep radon emissions within regulatory limits. Additional Resources. Under certain conditions, phosphogypsum may be removed from stacks for outdoor agricultural purposes or indoor research and development. Any other use of phosphogypsum requires advance permission from EPA. See: Subpart …

 — Phosphogypsum (PG) is a solid by-product generated in the production of phosphoric acid (PA) using conventional synthesis methods. The raw material, about 50 …