Determination of the solubility and size distribution of radioactive aerosols in the uranium processing plant at NRCN

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-424

  Kravchik, T ^a   Oved, S ^a   Paztal Levy, O ^a   Pelled, O ^a   Gonen, R ^a   German, U ^a   Tshuva, A ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG FLUID; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ISRAEL; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM;

EID: 57249105326     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn206     Document Type: Article

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