Determination of uranium isotope concentrations in precipitation in the vicinity of lignite-fired power plants

Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Papadopoulos, Nick K ^a   Efstathopoulos, Angelos V ^a   Karangelos, Dimitrios J ^a   Petropoulos, Nick P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Fly ash; Kinetic phosphorimetry; Lignite fired power plants; Precipitation; Uranium; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958202456     PISSN: 14513994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/NTRP1101001P     Document Type: Article

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