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Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015) Loot Price: R3,824
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Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015): Roger F. Robison

Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

Roger F. Robison

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Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through biographical vignettes, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, occupational health, medical utilization, environmental safety and industrial history. Included are the people and places involved over the course of over 90 years of interconnected mining and sale of radium and uranium, finally ending in 1991 with the abandonment of radium paint and medical devices, Soviet nuclear parity, and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: August 2016
First published: 2015
Authors: Roger F. Robison
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 265
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-38270-8
Categories: Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Nuclear medicine
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena
Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Economic geology > General
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LSN: 3-319-38270-5
Barcode: 9783319382708

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