Technologically enhanced 210Pb and 210Po in iron and steel industry

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-530

  Khater, Ashraf E M ^a,b   Bakr, Wafaa F ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Iron and steel; Lead; Natural radionuclides; Polonium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ALPHA-PARTICLE SPECTROMETRY; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; EFFECTIVE DOSE RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HEAVY ELEMENTS; HPGE DETECTORS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; IRON AND STEEL; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; WASTE STORAGE;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAYS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; LEAD; MANUFACTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; STEELMAKING;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; IRON; LEAD; STEEL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; IRRADIATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; ORE BODY; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OREGANO; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; EXPOSURE; INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EGYPT; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRON; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; STEEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955467644     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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