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JournalISSN: 0265-931X

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 

Elsevier BV
About: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Radon & Soil water. It has an ISSN identifier of 0265-931X. Over the lifetime, 5574 publications have been published receiving 136397 citations.


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TL;DR: Depleted uranium, a waste product of uranium enrichment, has several civilian and military applications and was used as armor-piercing ammunition in international military conflicts and was claimed to contribute to health problems, known as the Gulf War Syndrome and recently as the Balkan Syndrome.

543 citations

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TL;DR: The average soil radionuclides' concentrations of Kirklareli were within the worldwide range although some extreme values had been determined, and annual effective gamma doses and the excess lifetime risks of cancer were higher than the world's average.

530 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption of the fallout radionuclides 137 Cs and 210 Pb by individual size fractions in soils and their specific surface area was derived from laboratory experiments and empirical observations of natural soils and sediments.

515 citations

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TL;DR: This work explored the use of a continuous radon monitor to measure radon concentrations in coastal zone waters over time periods from hours to days and showed that the mixing loss derived from the 223Ra gradient agreed very favorably to the estimated range based on the calculated radon fluxes.

514 citations

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TL;DR: The ERICA Tool guides the user through the assessment process, recording information and decisions and allowing the necessary calculations to be performed to estimate risks to selected animals and plants.

375 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
2023121
2022239
2021196
2020283
2019226
2018244