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Natural radioactivity in water supplies

Book ·
OSTI ID:6658644
This book outlines the scientific aspects of the control of natural radioactivity in water supplies, as well as the labyrinthine uncertainties in water quality regulation concerning natural radiocontamination of water. The author provides an introduction to the theory of natural radioactivity; addresses risk assessment, sources of natural radiocontamination of water, radiobiology of natural radioactivity in water, and federal water law concerning natural radiocontamination; and presents an account of how one city dealt with the perplexities that mark this area of water quality regulation.
OSTI ID:
6658644
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English