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Assessment of radioactivity of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in soil and plants for estimation of transfer factors and effective dose around Mkuju river Project, Tanzania

Firmi P. Banzi, P. Msaki, N. A. Mohammed

Mining of Mineral Deposits · 2017 · 21 citations · 13 references

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Purpose. To establish pre-mining indicators to assess radiological impact as a result of release of radionuclides to environment during uranium mining at Mkuju River Project radioactivity of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in soil, plants, fruits and cereals.

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