Published 1996
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Action levels for radon exposures caused by radon exhalation from relics of uranium mining and milling
- 1. Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Berlin (Germany)
Description
Ore and other raw material mining and processing lasting for centuries, above all the intensive uranium ore mining and milling after World War II, have left a great number of relics such as waste rock deposits and tailings ponds in the affected regions of Saxony and Thuringia. In many cases these relics contain radionuclides of the uranium decay chain in above average concentration. 5 refs, 1 fig., 1 tab
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA.
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (Austria)
- ISBN
- 92-0-103096-7
- Imprint Title
- Radiation and society: Comprehending radiation risk. V. 2. Poster papers. Proceedings of an international conference
- Imprint Pagination
- 455 p.
- Series
- Proceedings series.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 175-179.
- ISSN
- 0074-1884
Conference
- Title
- Comprehending radiation risk.
- Acronym
- International conference on radiation and society
- Dates
- 24-28 Oct 1994.
- Place
- Paris (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Austria
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 28064012
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FEED MATERIALS PLANTS; MILL TAILINGS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; RELICT RADIATION; RESIDUES; URANIUM MINES
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MEDICINE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MINES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; SOLID WASTES; TAILINGS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; WASTES; WESTERN EUROPE
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--54/98P.