Recent plans for a nuclear renaissance in both established and emerging economies have
prompted increased interest in uranium mining. With the potential for more uranium mining …

Natural uranium (U) occurs as a mixture of three radioactive isotopes: 238 U, 235 U, and
234 U. Only 235 U is fissionable and makes up about 0.7% of natural U, while 238 U is …

Water is needed at mine sites for dust suppression, mineral processing, coal washing, and
hydrometallurgical extraction. For these applications, water is mined from surface water …

Background Plants' raw materials can accumulate chemical elements, including
radioisotopes, to some extent and reflect the region they grow in. Due to their high …

The history of uranium mining in Portugal during almost one century has followed
international demand peaks of both radium and uranium, which in turn were driven by …

A combined macroscopic and microanalytical approach was applied on two distinct barite
samples from Ra uptake batch experiments using time of flight-secondary ion mass …

Unconventional oil production in North Dakota (ND) and other states in the United States
uses large amounts of water for hydraulic fracturing to stimulate oil flow. Most of the water …

In this study, radioactivity levels were measured in surface soil and water around some large
quarries and quarry lakes in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. Natural radionuclides (226Ra …

Naturally occurring radionuclides of uranium, thorium, radium, lead and polonium were
determined in bushes and trees and in the smoke from summer forest fires. Activity …

A study of transfer of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM), thorium, uranium and
their progeny, from soil to wild plant species was performed to evaluate the environmental …