The determination and monitoring of 131I activity in sewage treatment plants based on A2/O processes

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Jiménez, Fernando ^a   López, Raúl ^a   Pardo, Rafael ^a   Debán, Luis ^a   García Talavera, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

I 131; Liquid scintillation counting; Radionuclide; Sewage treatment plant; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

A2/O PROCESS; ACTIVITY-BASED; I-131; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MEASUREMENT TIME; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLE VOLUME; SEWER SYSTEM; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; DOSIMETRY; LIQUIDS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

EID: 78650837444     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.07.030     Document Type: Article

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