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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Distribution of Uranium Mines Across the Globe and Their Grading -- 1.2 Issues Related to Uranium Mining and Future Prospects -- 1.3 Milling and Processing of Uranium Ore -- 1.4 Overburden and Tailings Management and Their Restoration -- 1.5 Radioactivity Consolidation in Mine Waste -- Chapter 2 Ecological Strategies for Consolidation -- 2.1 Identifying the Nature and Source of Radioactive Pollutants in Uranium Mill Tailings |
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2.2 Pathways by Which the Pollutants May Reach Humans -- 2.3 Site Selection and Design Options That May Be Implemented to Facilitate Disposal and/or Control the Extent of Releases From the Impoundment -- Chapter 3 Physicochemical Analysis of Soil and Tailings -- 3.1 Physical and Chemical Properties of Soil and Tailings -- 3.1.1 Total Nitrogen Percentage -- 3.2 Radionuclide Studies in Plants, Soil and Tailings -- Chapter 4 Species Selection for Revegetation and Consolidation of Uranium Tailings -- 4.1 Ecological Strategy and Criteria for Selection of Species |
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4.2 Root Penetration and Soil Binding Capacity -- Chapter 5 Plant Growth Studies -- Chapter 6 Radionuclide Uptake in Selected Plant Species for Consolidation -- 6.1 Natural Uranium, Polonium and Radium in Soil and Tailings -- 6.2 Root Shoot Growth of Selected Plants -- Chapter 7 Case Study: Uranium Tailings in India -- 7.1 Case Study Area and Selection of Species -- 7.1.1 In Situ Experiments -- 7.1.2 Ex Situ Experiments -- 7.1.2.1 Forest Species of Ethnobotanical Relevance -- 7.2 Aboveground and Underground Plant Growth Performance -- 7.2.1 Hardening and Transplantation |
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7.2.2 Harvesting of Root and Shoot Samples -- 7.2.3 Root Penetration and Soil Binding Capacity of the Plant Species of Experimental Tailing Pond and Containers -- 7.2.4 Comparative Study of Root Penetration of Selected Species in Experimental Containers (Ex Situ), Tailing Pond (In Situ) and Natural Habitat -- 7.3 Radionuclide Studies in Plants, Soil and Tailings -- 7.3.1 Radioactivity Studies in Plants -- 7.4 Natural Uranium in Soil and Tailings -- 7.5 Polonium in Soil and Tailings -- 7.6 Radium in Soil and Tailings |
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7.6.1 Radionuclides Uptake Study in Roots and Shoots of Revegetated Species in Both Ex Situ (Experimental Containers) and In Situ (Tailing Pond) for Experimental Trials -- 7.6.2 Concentration of Natural Uranium (Bq/Kg) in Roots of Selected Species in Both In Situ and Ex Situ Experimental Trials in Both Ages -- 7.6.3 Concentration of Natural Uranium (Bq/Kg) in Shoots of Selected Species in Both In Situ and Ex Situ Experimental Trials in Both Ages -- 7.6.4 Concentration of Natural Uranium (Bq/Kg) in Shoots Percent of Selected Species in Both In Situ and Ex Situ Experimental Trials in Both Ages |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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7.6.5 Concentration of Natural Uranium (Bq/Kg) in Whole Plant of Selected Species in Both In Situ and Ex Situ Experimental Trials in Both Ages |
| Subject |
Uranium mill tailings -- Law and legislation.
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Uranium mill tailings -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000904376 |
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1000904377 |
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