Solubility characterization of airborne uranium from an in situ uranium processing plant

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 418-422

  Metzger, Robert ^a   Wichers, Donna ^b   Vaselin, John ^b   Velasquez, Pablo ^b  

^a Radiation Safety Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b COGEMA Mining Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

air sampling; bioassay; radioactivity; uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031029839     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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