Time-integrated monitoring of radon progeny around a closed uranium mine in Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-61

  Ishimori, Yuu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Equilibrium equivalent concentration; Equilibrium factor (F value); Radon; Radon progeny; Time integrated monitoring; Uranium mine

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; RADON; URANIUM MINES;

EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATION; RADON PROGENY; TIME-INTEGRATED MONITORING; URANIUM MINE;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

RADON; URANIUM;

ABANDONED MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADON; RURAL AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RURAL AREA; URANIUM MINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; MINING; RADON; URANIUM;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NINGYO-TOGE;

EID: 33846566262     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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