Environmental impact assessment of radionuclide and metal contamination at the former U sites Taboshar and Digmai, Tajikistan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-62

  Skipperud, L ^a   Stromman G ^a   Yunusov, M ^b   Stegnar, P ^c   Uralbekov, B ^d   Tilloboev, H ^b   Zjazjev, G ^b   Heier, L S ^a   Rosseland, B O ^a   Salbu, B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Vostokredmet ^*  (Tajikistan)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Fish; Metals; Radionuclides; Uranium sites Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; METAL CONTAMINATION; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; TAJIKISTAN;

BIOHAZARDS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FISH; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NICKEL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TAILINGS;

URANIUM;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; LAKE WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; RADON; TRACE METAL; URANIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; RADIATION DOSE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TAJIKISTAN; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENT; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RADIOISOTOPES; TAJIKISTAN; URANIUM;

TAJIKISTAN;

POACEAE;

EID: 84878630268     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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