Environmental impact of uranium mining and ore processing in the Lagoa Real District, Bahia, Brazil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8646-8652

  Carvalho, Ilson G ^a   Cidu, Rosa ^b   Fanfani, Luca ^b   Pitsch, Helmut ^c   Beaucaire, Catherine ^d   Zuddas, Pierpaolo ^e,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; MINERALIZATION; PREMINING CONDITIONS; SALINIZATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ORE TREATMENT; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

URANIUM MINES;

DRINKING WATER; RADIUM; RADON; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID; URANIUM;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SULFATE; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; SALINITY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; URANIUM MINE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 27844541689     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0505494     Document Type: Article

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