Treatment of TENORM waste: Phosphogypsum produced in fertilizer industry

Radiochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-445

  El Afifi, E M ^a   Attallah, M F ^a   Hilal, M A ^a   El Reefy, S A ^a  

^a Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Phosphogypsum; Radionuclides; TENORM; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650128859     PISSN: 10663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S106636221004020X     Document Type: Article

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