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re: Plant Workers - What is the White Mountain on Hwy 30 @ Hwy 3115?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:42 am to bamaswallows
Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:42 am to bamaswallows
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Wait- SLIGHTLY radioactive? Where does the stuff come from? Do they use THAT much of it? Mountain never seems to get smaller - only bigger?
Gypsum is mined. It keeps well when stored in those large mountains. It depends on economics as to whether it's getting smaller or larger.
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:45 am to kingbob
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How are people exposed to the radiation from phosphogypsum stacks if they don’t go near them? Veiw across the top of a phosphogypsum stack Radionuclides that are small particles (i.e., radionuclide dust) can become airborne as wind-blown dust or as dust thrown up into the air by cars and trucks. The radionuclides, uranium and radium-226, are present in the phosphogypsum and can become airborne. Once these radionuclides are in the air, people and animals can breathe them and they can settle out onto ponds and agricultural areas. Radon-222, a decay product of radium-226, is a gas and so may become airborne by diffusing into the air. EPA has determined, however, that the risks associated with stacking phosphogypsum are in line with acceptable risk practices.
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