Uranium in natural waters sampled within former uranium mining sites in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 805-810

  Uralbekov, B M ^a   Smodis, B ^b   Burkitbayev, M ^a  

^a AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Uranium contamination; Uranium 238

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MINING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PURIFICATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM MINE; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 79961208369     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1154-3     Document Type: Article

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