National remediation program of radioactively contaminated sites in the Republic of Croatia

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:178024

Schaller, A ^[1]; Barisi, D ^[2]

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1. APO-Hazardous Waste Management Agency, Zagreb (Croatia)
2. Inst. Ruder Boskovi, Zagreb (Croatia)

The national remediation program in Croatia consists of three stages: (1) identification and characterization of radioactively contaminated sites; (2) preparing activities for restoration; and (3) physical restoration at selected (high-prioritized) sites. The program is coordinated by the APO and, in the first stage, performed by both national research institutes of Ruder Boskovi and Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health. The program supervisors are Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy (Department of Energy) and State Administration for Environmental Protection. There were more than thirty sites suspected to be radioactively contaminated in Croatia. They were classified into four contamination type groups: (1) dumps containing contaminated coal slag and ash; (2) dumps containing contaminated phosphates and phospho-gypsum resulting from fertilizers industry; (3) geothermal springs and gas/oil wells; and (4) sites containing natural radioactive materials (e.g. brickyards, ceramics factories, cement industry etc.). Site prioritization, based on rough characterization of suspected sites, as well as more detailed investigation at one of the high prioritized sites, have been performed so far. The following three sites of highest priority were found: (a) INA-VINIL PVC-factory at Kastel Suurac (contamination group 1); (b) coal-fired power plant PLOMIN (group 2); and (c) INA-VINIL fertilizers factory at Kutina (group 2).

• OSTI ID: 178024
• Report Number(s): CONF-950917--; ISBN 0-7918-1219-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ASHES
CONTAMINATION
CROATIA
MINERAL WASTES
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
POLLUTION SOURCES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SLAGS