Mobile Gamma Spectrometry Survey of the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, 17th-19th August 2009 [PDF]
<p>Environmental radioactivity arises from natural geological sources, the redistribution of natural activity through industrial processes, the nuclear industry including routine and accidental discharges into the environment, and various medical ...
Sanderson, D.C.W. +3 more
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An Aerial Gamma Ray Survey of Springfields and the Ribble Estuary in September 1992 [PDF]
<p>A short aerial gamma ray survey was conducted in the vicinity of the Springfields site and Ribble Estuary from 1st-5th September 1992, to define existing background radiation levels, against which any future changes can be assessed.
Murphy, S. +4 more
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Automated Sampling System for Monitoring 85Kr in Air
Radioactive krypton-85 (85Kr) gas, a chemically inert and non-proliferation indicator, is derived from fission products. Its detection relies on the Budesamt für Strahlenschutz–Institute of Atmospheric Radioactivity (BfS-IAR) method, which necessitated ...
Hyemi Cha +4 more
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Automatic real-time interpolation of radiation hazards: prototype and system architecture considerations [PDF]
Detecting and monitoring the development of radioactive releases in the atmosphere is important. In many European countries monitoring networks have been established to perform this task.
Heuvelink, G.B.M. +3 more
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Modern technologies for radium removal from water – Polish mining industry case study
In the formation waters, occurring in coal mines in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland different pollutants are present which may cause damages to the environment, among them radium isotopes.
Stanisław Chałupnik +3 more
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The effect of flight line spacing on radioactivity inventory and spatial feature characteristics of airborne gamma-ray spectrometry data [PDF]
Airborne Gamma Spectrometry (AGS) is well suited to the mapping of radioactivity in the environment. Flight parameters (e.g. speed and line spacing) directly affect the rate of area coverage, cost, and data quality of any survey.
D. C. W. Sanderson +5 more
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Artificial and natural radioactivity in edible mushrooms from Sao Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Environmental biomonitoring has demonstrated that organisms such as crustaceans, fish and mushrooms are useful to evaluate and monitor both ecosystem contamination and quality.
Silva, P.S.C. +3 more
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Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio de la concentración de gas radón en la Escuela Universitaria de Arquitectura Técnica de la Universidade da Coruña. Para ello se ha analizado la ubicación del edificio, el terreno y los materiales de construcción empleados.
A. Otero-Pazos +4 more
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Dr. Libby, prominent chemist and member of the Atomic Energy Commission, made a major contribution to the literature on atomic energy with the following speech, given before the Alumni Association of the University of Chicago on June 3. It is a careful and objective report on a very controversial subject which has occupied many Bulletin pages in the ...
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Radium measurements in bottled natural mineral-, spring- and medicinal waters from Poland
In the last few years in Poland consumption of natural bottled mineral and spring waters is growing. Waters are taken from surface springs or shallow wells.
Izabela Chmielewska +3 more
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