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Radium accumulation in animal thyroid glands: a possible method for uranium and thorium prospecting

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A method of prospecting for uranium and thorium is proposed based on uptake of their radioactive daughters, 226Ra and 228Ra, by plants, the collection of plant material by herbivores, the concentration of the radioactive species by specific animal tissues, and the subsequent gamma-ray analysis of the tissues

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Existing and new techniques in uranium exploration

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Imprint Pagination
18 p.
Report number
BNWL-SA--5560

Conference

Title
International symposium on exploration of uranium ore deposits.
Dates
29 Mar 1976.
Place
Vienna, Austria.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
7265432
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
EXPLORATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; PROSPECTING; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM ORES; THYROID; UPTAKE; URANIUM ORES
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; NUCLEI; ORES; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Available from NTIS. $3.50.
Secondary number(s)
CONF-760316--3.