ABSTRACT
The sector of sintering plants, in the European Union, is considered today one of the major potential contributors to the atmospheric release of PCDD/F and consequent depositions. Anyway the emissions of a plant depend on many factors: characteristics of the input, sintering process, prevention and removal of PCDD/F from the gaseous stream. The local impact of a plant depends also on the variability of release through dif-
fused emissions, secondary emissions and conveyed gases, as each stream can be related to a different way of dilution into the atmosphere. The high variability of parameters that can affect the local impact from a sintering plant makes it interesting the adoption of measuring instruments, such as deposimeters, in order to contribute to the understanding of the human exposure in the surrounding area.
