Uptake of radionuclides by a common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) grown in the vicinity of the former uranium mine at Žirovski vrh

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1282-1286

  Černe, Marko ^a   Smodiš, Borut ^a   Štrok, Marko ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION;

COMMON REED; DRY WEIGHT; MILLING PROCESS; MINE WASTES; MINING AREAS; MINING PROCESS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SEEPAGE WATER; SLOVENIA; URANIUM MINING;

URANIUM MINES;

EID: 79953243240     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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