The Southern Urals radiation studies
@article{Kellerer2002TheSU, title={The Southern Urals radiation studies}, author={Albrecht M. Kellerer}, journal={Radiation and Environmental Biophysics}, year={2002}, volume={41}, pages={307-316} }
Abstract. In the late 1940s and early 1950s the nuclear workers of the Mayak Production Association in the Southern Urals were exposed to high doses from γ-rays and from incorporated plutonium. In addition, the population of the Techa riverside downstream of the plutonium-production sites received continued exposures from external γ-rays due to fission products released into the river and from the internal radiation due to incorporation of the fission products. Based on two international…
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