Editorial
Radiation Treatment of Wastes: Applications for Hygienization ofBiosolids
| Tae Hyun Kim and Seung Joo Lim* | |
| Research Division for Industry & Environment, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1266 Sinjeong, Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, 580-185 Republic of Korea | |
| Corresponding Author : | Seung Joo Lim Research Division for Industry & Environment Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 1266 Sinjeong, Jeongeup Jeollabuk-do, 580-185 Republic of Korea Tel: +82-63-570-3357 Fax: +82-63-570-3348 E-mail: seungjoolim@gmail.com |
| Received August 22, 2012; Accepted August 27, 2012; Published August 29, 2012 | |
| Citation: Kim TH, Lim SJ (2012) Radiation Treatment of Wastes: Applications for Hygienization of Biosolids. J Bioremed Biodeg 3:e121. doi: 10.4172/2155-6199.1000e121 | |
| Copyright: ©2012 Kim TH, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Related article at |
|
Abstract
As a naturally occurring element, the abundance of uranium in the environment is very low. Anthropogenic activities, including fossil fuel combustion, uranium ores mining and enrichment for nuclear weapon manufacturing, and electricity generation in nuclear fueled power plants, has released significant amount of uranium into the environment. As a result, uranium contamination is a worldwide phenomenon. According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), there are about 2, 000,000 acres in 30 states that are contaminated with uranium.
