Behaviour and fluxes of natural radionuclides in the production process of a phosphoric acid plant

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-356

  Bolivar J P ^a   Martin J E ^a   Garcia Tenorio R ^b   Perez Moreno J P ^a   Mas, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity balance; NORM; Phosphoric acid; Radioactivity flow

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ACTINIDES; CHEMICAL PLANTS; FLUXES; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY BALANCE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRIES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NORM; PROCESS MATERIALS; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; RADIO-NUCLIDES; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; RADIONUCLIDE CONTENTS; SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PHOSPHORIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOLOGY; SPAIN;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

EID: 58049168056     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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