Radiochemical contamination of the environment around phosphogypsum waste heap in Wiślinka near Gdańsk.

2012/05/N/NZ7/00978

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ7_2: Zagrożenia środowiskowe
  • ST5_13: Chemia środowiska
  • ST4_16: Chemia jądrowa i radiacyjna

Panel

NZ7 – Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: public health, epidemiology, environmental health risks and occupational medicine, medical ethics, drug discovery and therapies, pharmacology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Chemii

Voivodeship: pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

Grzegorz Antoni Olszewski

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call

PRELUDIUM 3 – announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded
99 348 PLN
Project start date
2013-01-25
Project end date
2015-01-24
Project duration
24 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Detektor PIPS o powierzchnii 300 mm2 do spektrometru alfa; FWHM (Am-241) <= 17 keV (2 pcs). Cost: 8 750 PLN
  2. Komputer stacjonarny. Cost: 2 504 PLN
  3. Suszarka laboratoryjna. Cost: 1 458 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (5)

  1. A study on possible use of Urtica dioica (common nettle) plants as uranium (234U, 238U) contamination bioindicator near phosphogypsum stockpile

    Authors:
    Grzegorz Olszewski, Alicja Boryło, Bogdan Skwarzec
    Academic press:
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (year: 2016, volume: 308, pages: 37-46), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10967-015-4302-3 – link to the publication
  2. The radiological impact of phosphogypsum stockpile in Wiślinka (northern Poland) on the Martwa Wisła river water

    Authors:
    Grzegorz Olszewski, Alicja Boryło, Bogdan Skwarzec
    Academic press:
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (year: 2016, volume: 307, pages: 653-660), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10967-015-4191-5 – link to the publication
  3. A study on possible use of Urtica dioica (common nettle) plant as polonium 210Po and lead 210Pb contamination biomonitor in the area of phosphogypsum stockpile

    Authors:
    Grzegorz Olszewski, Alicja Boryło, Bogdan Skwarzec
    Academic press:
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research (year: 2016, volume: 23, pages: 6700-6708), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11356-015-5879-3 – link to the publication
  4. A study on lead (210Pb) and polonium (210Po) contamination from phosphogypsum in the environment of Wiślinka (northern Poland)

    Authors:
    Alicja Boryło, Grzegorz Olszewski, Bogdan Skwarzec
    Academic press:
    Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (year: 2013, volume: 15, pages: 1622-1628), Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c3em00118k – link to the publication
  5. Uranium (234U, 235U and 238U) contamination of the environment surrounding phosphogypsum waste heap in Wiślinka (northern Poland)

    Authors:
    Grzegorz Olszewski, Alicja Boryło, Bogdan Skwarzec
    Academic press:
    Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (year: 2015, volume: 146, pages: 56-66), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.04.001 – link to the publication

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