Phosphogypsum, a fertilizer industry by-product, contains naturally occurring radionuclides like uranium and radium. Its radioactivity varies based on source materials, requiring strict controls before any reuse in construction or agriculture.
Reuse & Purification
Closing the Carbon Cycle: From Kinetic Control to Industrial Integration
FIC-Fighters’ scientific scaling strategy aims to master CO₂ capture with maximum precision. If you were to visit the pilot plant at the University of Seville, where the valorisation of phosphogypsum (PG) through FIC-Fighters’ NaOH Route is being investigated, the...
From Waste Mountains to High-Value Materials: The “NaOH Route” of FIC-Fighters
How a European project is turning a toxic industrial liability into everyday materials, while capturing CO₂ at the same time. Millions of tonnes of phosphogypsum (internationally known as PG) lie stored in vast open-air stacks across Europe, close to cities and...
FIC-Fighters in Prahovo: Field Work Photo Gallery
These images document the FIC-Fighters field work and community engagement activities in Prahovo and Negotin in Serbia, one of the project’s case studies exploring innovative approaches to phosphogypsum management. The gallery captures field visits to the...
FIC-Fighters in Kutina: Field Work Photo Gallery
The following images document the field research and community engagement of FIC-Fighters in Kutina, Croatia, one of the case studies where the project explores innovative approaches to phosphogypsum management. The gallery captures field research activities and site...
Voices for change: Exploring Solutions for the Prahovo Stack
Intro On 4 March 2026, citizens, environmental advocates, researchers, institutional representatives, and other local stakeholders gathered in Negotin, Serbia, for the FIC-Fighters citizen event. Although the phosphogypsum (PG) stack is located in the nearby little...
In Conversation with Negotin: Living Near Prahovo’s PG Stack
Intro On the banks of the Danube River in eastern Serbia, Prahovo is a small industrial town belonging to Negotin municipality shaped by an active large chemical production complex. The local industrial ecosystem is strongly linked to phosphoric acid production and...
FIC-Fighters in Barreiro: Field Work Photo Gallery
The following images document the field work and community engagement FIC-Fighters’ work in Barreiro, Portugal, one of the case studies where the project explores innovative approaches to phosphogypsum management. The gallery captures field research activities, site...
Case Study Cards
Intro In certain areas across Europe, phosphogypsum (PG) stacks have become enduring landmarks of industrial prosperity—and unresolved environmental risk. From the Danube towns of Prahovo (Serbia) and Turnu Măgurele (Romania), to coastal Cartagena (Spain), and from...
Integrated Summary of Scientific Studies on the Prahovo PG Stack
The Prahovo PG stack in Serbia is not an immediate radiation emergency, but it is clearly an environmental hot spot that requires careful management. Some pathways are being tested, like purification by recrystallization, or the ones in FIC-Fighters, to produce usable...
Barreiro Voices: turning an environmental legacy into a shared future
Intro Barreiro carries a proud industrial past shaped by factories and decades of work that built both livelihoods and identity. But alongside that history lies another legacy: vast deposits of phosphogypsum left behind by phosphate production, still marking the...