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Health and environmental hazards of CdTe photovoltaic module production, use and decommissioning [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1995.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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4 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
Health and environmental (H&E) risks presented by CdTe photovoltaic module production, use and decommissioning have been reviewed and discussed by several authors. Several H&E concerns exit. The estimated risks are based on extrapolations of toxicity, environmental mobility, and bioavailability data for other inorganic cadmium compounds. Little information, however, is available about CdTe itself. In response to the increased interest in CdTe, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has been engaged in a cooperative research program with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Fraunhofer Institute for Solid State Technology (IFT), and the GSF Institute of Chemical Ecology to develop fundamental toxicological and environmental data for CdTe. This paper describes the results of these studies, and their potential implications with respect to the H&E hazards presented by CdTe module production, use and decommissioning.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:bnl--61324
E 1.99: conf-941203--21
conf-941203--21
bnl--61324
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Published through SciTech Connect.
02/01/1995.
"bnl--61324"
" conf-941203--21"
"DE95006688"
1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion,Waikoloa, HI (United States),5-9 Dec 1994.
Moskowitz, P.D.; Thumm, W.; Steinberger, H.
Funding Information:
AC02-76CH00016
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