Natural radionuclide content of disposed phosphogypsum as TENORM produced from phosphorus fertilizer industry in Turkey

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-37

  Gezer, F ^a   Turhan, S ^b   Ugur F A ^c   Goren E ^a   Kurt, M Z ^a   Ufuktepe, Y ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Nevsehir   (Turkey)

^c University of Korkut Ata   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; Building raw material; Gamma ray spectrometer; Phosphogypsum; Radionuclides; Radium equivalent activity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; FILLING MATERIALS; IN-BUILDINGS; MEAN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN VALUES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER; RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SAFETY LIMITS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIUM;

GYPSUM;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 84866123755     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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