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RECORD NUMBER: 169 OF 406Main Title | Health Risks to Distant Populations from Uranium Mill Tailings Radon. | |||||||||||
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Author | Swift, Jerry J. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Office of Radiation Programs, Washington, DC. Div. of Criteria and Standards. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1981 | |||||||||||
Report Number | ORP/TAD-80-1; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB82-137811 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Radiation hazards ; Health physics ; Risk ; Exposure ; Uranium mills ; Mill tailings ; Radon 222 ; Health risks ; Radioactive aerosols ; Environmental health | |||||||||||
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Collation | 40p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Uranium mill tailing piles can expose the population to radiation by several pathways. The author believes the air pathway to be the most important and radon-222 to be the principal nuclide. The report illustrates the effects of tailings piles on a variety of local and regional populations, assesses the effects of the tailings on distant populations, and compares EPA methods and results with assessments by others. |