Occupational exposure during remediation works at a uranium tailings pile

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-69

  Dinis, Maria de Lurdes ^a   Fiúza, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Occupational exposure; Remediation; Risk assessment; Uranium tailings pile

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PILES; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

URANIUM;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; URANIUM;

EID: 84883187971     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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