Radium distribution in soils, analysed with sequential extraction, and its effect on radon emanation

The radium distribution of the soil is one important parameter governing radon emanation. The present study’s main objective is to investigate radium distribution in different Swedish soils, using chemical selective sequential extraction, and to compare t

Results of pilot studies of environmental restoration of uranium mining tailings ponds in Hungary

After more than 35 years operation the uranium mining and milling facilities near Pécs city in Hungary were finally shut down in 1997. One of the most important and most complicated tasks is the remediation of tailings ponds because of the complexity of c