IAEA-TECDOC-1407
Status of industrial scale radiation treatment of wastewater and its future
Proceedings of a consultants meeting held in Daejon, 13-16 October 2003
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September 2004 IAEA-TECDOC-1407
Status of industrial scale radiation treatment of wastewater and its future
Proceedings of a consultants meeting held in Daejon, 13-16 October 2003
September 2004 The originating Section of this publication in the IAEA was: Industrial Applications and Chemistry Section International Atomic Energy Agency Wagramer Strasse 5 P.O. Box 100 A-1400 Vienna, Austria
STATUS OF INDUSTRIAL SCALE RADIATION TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER AND ITS FUTURE IAEA, VIENNA, 2004 IAEA-TECDOC-1407 ISBN 92-0-110104-X ISSN 1011-4289 © IAEA, 2004 Printed by the IAEA in Austria September 2004 FOREWORD
Providing access to clean water resources is one of the most important objectives of the UN’s Millennium Project. Contamination of surface water is a big problem for many, mostly developing countries. The main sources of liquid polluted effluents are municipalities and industry. Effective, mostly biological wastewater technologies for wastewater purification are available nowadays. However, they cannot be applied to solve all existing problems. Destruction of non-biodegradable organic compounds is one problem and biological contamination (caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, etc.) of sludge is another. Methods of their purification are sought. Ionizing radiation (gamma or X rays, electron beams) is a very effective form of energy, which can destroy organic or biological contaminants.
The IAEA promotes and supports research on radiation treatment of liquid effluents. The Co ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Remediation of Polluted Waters and Wastewater by Radiation Processing aims to establish optimal treatment methodologies to disinfect and decontaminate actual samples of drinking water and wastewater by using ionizing radiation. Quite a few technical co operation (TC) projects concerning radiation treatment of wastewater and sludge are under development. In the frame of one of such TC projects pilot plant for electron beam treatment of textile dyeing complex wastewater was constructed in the Republic of Korea.
To discuss developments achieved under these projects and results of the pilot plant operation, the IAEA organized a consultants meeting in Daejon, Republic of Korea, 13-16 October 2003.
These proceedings will be of value to research groups working in the field of radiation technology development. Developing Member States with radiation technology programmes will benefit from research in this area.
The IAEA wishes to thank all the participants in the consultants meeting for their valuable contributions. The IAEA officer responsible for this publication was A.G. Chmielewski of the Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences. ED/TO#A #OTE
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REPORTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Advances in radiation processing of wastewater — Basics