Measurement of natural radioactivity and radon exhalation rate from rock samples of Jaduguda uranium mines and its radiological implications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1591-1597

  Mahur, A K ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Sonkawade, R G ^b   Sengupta, D ^c   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

HPGe low level radiation counting system; Natural radioactivity; Radon exhalation rate; Uranium concentration; Uranium mines

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; RADON;

LOW LEVEL RADIATION COUNTING SYSTEMS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADON EXHALATION RATE; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

URANIUM MINES;

EID: 43049181909     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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