Assessment of environmental radioactivity at uranium mining, processing and tailings management facility at Jaduguda, India

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1666-1670

  Tripathi, R M ^a   Sahoo, S K ^a   Jha, V N ^a   Khan, A H ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental radioactivity; External gamma radiation; Ground and surface water; Radium; Radon; Uranium mining

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; GAMMA RAYS; MINE POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXTERNAL GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GROUND AND SURFACE WATER; NUCLEAR POWER; RADIUM; RADON; TAILINGS MANAGEMENT FACILITY; THRUST BELTS; URANIUM MINING;

URANIUM MINES;

GROUND WATER; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON; RADON 222; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM 230; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; INDIA; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDIA; MINING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 50649102125     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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