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National inventory of mercury release into different phase media estimated by UNEP Toolkit in South Korea

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2007
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Seo, Yong–Chil
Kim, Jeong–Hun
Hong, Ji–Hyung
Park, Jung–Min
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RT Generic T1 National inventory of mercury release into different phase media estimated by UNEP Toolkit in South Korea A1 Seo, Yong–Chil, Kim, Jeong–Hun, Hong, Ji–Hyung, Park, Jung–Min YR 2007 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/11471 PB AB
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TY - GEN T1 - National inventory of mercury release into different phase media estimated by UNEP Toolkit in South Korea AU - Seo, Yong–Chil, Kim, Jeong–Hun, Hong, Ji–Hyung, Park, Jung–Min Y1 - 2007 UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/11471 PB - AB -
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@misc{20.500.11822_11471 author = {Seo, Yong–Chil, Kim, Jeong–Hun, Hong, Ji–Hyung, Park, Jung–Min}, title = {National inventory of mercury release into different phase media estimated by UNEP Toolkit in South Korea}, year = {2007}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/11471} }
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@misc{20.500.11822_11471 author = {Seo, Yong–Chil, Kim, Jeong–Hun, Hong, Ji–Hyung, Park, Jung–Min}, title = {National inventory of mercury release into different phase media estimated by UNEP Toolkit in South Korea}, year = {2007}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/11471} }
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This paper summarizes the national inventory of mercury release into all media (air, water, land, impurity in products, general wastes and sector specific disposal) from South Korea, using UNEP mercury Toolkit. Total mercury input and release, distribution into different media, major contributors by source categories are discussed. The total quantified mercury release into different phase media was 284.0 t/y and 281.3 t/y in Level 1 and 2 estimation, respectively. Mercury release from primary metal production, waste incineration, extraction and use of fuels/energy sources were dominant. The replacement of output distribution factors in the Toolkit by real data from mass balance study in the anthropogenic sources resulted decrease in the share of mercury emission into air from 20.6% to 9.6%. Comparison of mercury releases into the atmosphere estimated by the Toolkit Level 2 with real distribution factors data and our earlier estimation with measurements in the selected industries showed only a little discrepancy, with reasonable variation. These differences are due to the use of efficient process technology and air pollution control devices. Since most mercury is released in waste and by-products, recovery and safe storage issues are to be emphasized in the future studies.
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