Radiological impact of surface water and sediment near uranium mining sites
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Radiological impact of surface water and sediment near uranium mining sites.
The aim of this study is to assess the radiological impact of surface water and sediment around uranium mining sites 20 years after their closing. The areas under observations are 31 former classical underground uranium mining and exploratory sites in Bulgaria, named as objects. The extraction and processing of uranium ores in the Republic of Bulgaria were ended in 1992. To assess the radiologi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Radiological Protection
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0952-4746,1361-6498
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/35/4/819