Radionuclides from past uranium mining in rivers of Portugal

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-314

  Carvalho, Fernando P ^a   Oliveira, João M ^a   Lopes, Irene ^a   Batista, Aleluia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental radioactivity; Polonium; Radium; Rivers; Thorium; Uranium; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

FISH; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; THORIUM; URANIUM MINES; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC FAUNA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS; FRESHWATER FISH CONSUMERS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 230; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MINING; ORE BODY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON; RESIDENT POPULATION; RIVER POLLUTION; URANIUM; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORTUGAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEDIMENT; URANIUM MINE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MINING; PORTUGAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RIVERS; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO RIVER; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOUGA RIVER;

EID: 36248949181     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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