Development of a waste management process for naturally occurring radioactive material in the South African mining industry

dc.contributor.advisorMalherbe, Johan B.
dc.contributor.coadvisorTheron, Chris C.
dc.contributor.emailriaan@upsilonconsulting.co.zaen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan der Westhuizen, Abraham Jozua
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-28T09:27:41Z
dc.date.available2023-07-28T09:27:41Z
dc.date.created2023
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD (Physics))--University of Pretoria, 2022.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe South African Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) regulatory framework provides guidance on most matters associated with radiation protection within the mining and minerals processing sphere, but definitive guidance on radiation protection for NORM waste post closure is lacking. This thesis suggests a structured process for the justification of radiation protection decisions and offers guidance on the utilisation of management systems and possible sources of information available to the radiation protection professional. The structured process is applied to a copper mine and smelter (Palabora Mining Company or PMC), thereby demonstrating its effectiveness.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreePhD (Physics)en_US
dc.description.departmentPhysicsen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.otherS2023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/91689
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectRadiation
dc.subjectNORM
dc.subjectWaste
dc.subjectMining
dc.subjectTailings
dc.titleDevelopment of a waste management process for naturally occurring radioactive material in the South African mining industryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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