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No
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Data
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1
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Brazil,
nickel mining
Measuring workers' exposure in a nickel mine. All bioassay results were similar to the background |
L-01
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2
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Brazil,
nickel processing
Dust contains nickel, thorium and uranium. Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter (AMAD) = 0.64 - 19.4 micron. Bioassays - workers ~0.34 mSv/yr, their wives - 0.41 mSv/yr |
A-01
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3
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Finland,
nickel production
One factory producing Ni and Co uses different sources of raw material and one of it is an old uranium mine in Zaire, wastes of which contain Co & Ni, and also uranium and radium. Concentrations of U-238 ~ 5Bq/g, Ra-226 between 1.2 & 25 Bq/g. External dose rates from piles of raw material = 10 microSv/hr. (Almost no radon & dust) |
M-05
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