Radiological assessment of surface water quality around proposed uranium mining site in India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 505-508

  Jha, S K ^a   Lenka, P ^a   Gothankar, S ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Puranik, V D ^a   Khating, D T ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Gross alpha; Gross beta; High rainfall area; Seasonal variation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROSS ALPHA; GROSS BETA; HIGH RAINFALL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACTINIDES; MINING; POTABLE WATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATERS;

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; MINING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URANIUM MINE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MINING; RADIATION MONITORING; RAIN; SEASONS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349137904     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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