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Main Title Air pollution aspects of radioactive substances /
Author Miner, Sydney. ; Mine, Sydney
CORP Author Litton Systems, Inc., Bethesda, Md. Environmental Systems Div.
Publisher Litton Systems,
Year Published 1970
Report Number PB188092
Stock Number PB-188 092
OCLC Number 07028357
Subjects Air--Pollution ; Radioactive substances ; Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere
Additional Subjects ( Radioactive isotopes ; Air pollution) ; ( Radioactive waste ; Air pollution) ; ( Nuclear power plants ; Air pollution) ; Reviews ; Radioactive fallout ; Toxicity ; Humans ; Animals ; Plants(Botany) ; Cancer ; Combustion products ; Dosimeters ; Dose rate ; Radiological dosage ; Cosmic rays ; Reactor fuels ; Uranium ; Refining(Metallurgy) ; Economics ; Chemisorption ; Filters(Fluid) ; Iodine ; Tritium ; Helium group gases ; Reactor fuel processing ; Monitors ; Gas analysis ; Cataracts
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EMBD  PB-188092 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 04/30/2004
NTIS  PB-188 092 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 147 pages.
Abstract
Contents: Radioactive substances' Effects on humans (Types of exposure, Biological effects (Somatic effects, Leukemia, Other cancers, Cataracts, Effect on life span), Genetic effects, Acute exposure), Effects on animals; Effects on plants; Effects on materials; Environmental air standards (Maximum permissible dose (MPD), Maximum permissible concentrations (MPC)); Natural occurrence (Radioactive dusts, Cosmic rays, Combustion emissions, Natural radioactivity); Production Sources (Production of nuclear fuel, Nuclear reactors, Fuel reporcessing, Nuclear power industry projections, Nuclear Tests); Product sources (Aerospace applications); Control of radioactive pollution (Limitation of the emission of radioactive pollutants, Containment, Dispersal); Location of facility site; Air cleaning methods (Radioactive particulates, Wet collection); Radioactive gases and vapors (Chemisorption and adsorption, Absorption, Delay in storage); Economics, Sampling methods (Filters, Impactors, Impingers, Settling Trays); Quantitative methods (Analysis of collected particulate samples for activity, Radioactive particle size analysis, Gases (Iodine, Tritium, Noble gases, Other radioactive gases), Air quality monitoring).
Notes
Prepared for the National Air Pollution Control Administration, Consumer Protection & Environmental Health Service, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-107). Microfiche.