Ogoya underground laboratory for the measurement of extremely low levels of environmental radioactivity: Review of recent projects carried out at OUL

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Komura, Kazuhisa ^a   Hamajima, Yasunori ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beryllium 7; Depleted uranium; Europium 152; Gamma ray; Lead 210; Low level counting; Polonium 210; Radon 222; Sodium 22; Underground

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; COSMIC RAYS; GRANITE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; URANIUM;

ATOMIC BOMBS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

BERYLLIUM; CESIUM; LEAD 210; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 222; SODIUM 22;

AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LABORATORY; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RIVER;

EID: 2942579165     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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