A study of natural uranium content in groundwater around Tummalapalle uranium mining and processing facility, India

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1499-1506

  Rana, B K ^a   Dhumale, M R ^a   Lenka, P ^a   Sahoo, S K ^a   Ravi, P M ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Annual ingestion dose; Chemical toxicity; Radiological risk; Uranium concentration

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL TOXICITY RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; INDIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RISK; URANIUM MINE; URANIUM MINING AND PROCESSING FACILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84958741903     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-4350-8     Document Type: Article

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