Natural radioactivity of ash and coal in major thermal power plants of West Bengal, India

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1387-1393

  Mondal, T ^a   Sengupta, D ^a   Mandal, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ash; Coal; Radioactivity; Thermal power plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845599622     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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