Implementation of a strategy for managing radioactive scale in the China Clay industry

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-304

  Read, D ^a,c   Rabey, B ^b   Black, S ^a   Glasser, F P ^c   Grigg, C ^b   Street, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Sub Base Platypus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cementation; Environmental; Mineral processing

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; REFINING; SLURRIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA); MINERAL PROCESSING; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM);

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0742320670     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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