Environmental decontamination

Title: Environmental decontamination

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The record of the proceedings of the workshop on environmental decontamination contains twenty-seven presentations. Emphasis is placed upon soil and surface decontamination, the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and assessments of instrumentation and equipment used in decontamination. (DLS)

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Cristy, G A; Jernigan, H C ^[1]

eds.

Publication Date:: 1981-02-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 6529387

Report Number(s):: CONF-791234-
TRN: 81-007593

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-26

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Environmental decontamination workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 4 Dec 1979

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; DECOMMISSIONING; MEETINGS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECONTAMINATION; RADIATION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; SOILS; CLEANING; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; MONITORS; 510300* - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 500300 - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

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                    Cristy, G A, and Jernigan, H C. Environmental decontamination.  United States: N. p., 1981. 
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