ISSN:
1588-2780
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract Since the beginning of explorative uranium mining at the Žirovski Vrh uranium ore deposit area in 1968, a radioactivity monitoring programme has been carried out. The extent of the programme has varied according to the pre-operational, operational, and, finally, post-operational conditions. In this paper, our ten year results on the dissolved radium concentrations in surface waters, which have been contaminated and potentially affected by the uranium mining and milling activities, are reported. With the exception of waters drained from the hydrometallurgic waste site with radium content ranging from 2 to 9 kBqm−3, radium content is far below the drinking water limit of 1000 Bqm−3; in the Brebovŝčica stream, which collects all the waters affected by the mine, the present radium concentration does not exceed 10 Bqm−3.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02347296
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