Behavior of natural radionuclides in wastewater treatment plants

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-83

  Camacho, A ^a   Montana M ^a   Valles I ^a   Devesa, R ^b   Cespedes Sanchez R ^b   Serrano, I ^a   Blazquez S ^a   Barjola, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AGBAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gross alpha activity; Gross beta activity; Uranium; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GROSS ALPHA; GROSS BETA; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; LIQUID SAMPLE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SECONDARY TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LIQUIDS; RADIOLOGY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

CORRELATION; EFFLUENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENCE TIME; SAMPLING; URANIUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84857515318     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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