Title: Radon in the environment and in dwellings in a uranium mining area in Eastern India: an overview.
Authors: Khan, A. H.; Puranik, V. D.
Abstract: Radon has been extensively studied in the Singhbhum Thrust Belt (STB) of eastern India where mining and processing of uranium ore has been in progress for over four decades. Emanation from the soil is the main natural source of environmental radon. Releases from mine and emanations from waste rocks and tailings are the technological sources. Rn studies in the environment, dwellings and ground waters in STB are reviewed in this paper.
Subjects: INDIA; RADON; URANIUM mining; URANIUM ores; BACKGROUND radiation
Publication: Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2011, Vol 145, Issue 2/3, p198
ISSN: 0144-8420
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr061

Radon in the environment and in dwellings in a uranium mining area in Eastern India: an overview.

Khan, A. H.; Puranik, V. D.