Radioactivity of uranium production cycle facilities in the Czech Republic compared to the natural environment

Abstract

Radioactivity of uranium mining wastes, determined by field gamma-ray spectrometry, and expressed in gamma dose rate and concentration of K, U and Th, was compared to the radioactivity of the natural environment in the Czech Republic

Keywords

• Field gamma-ray spectrometry
• radioactivity of uranium mining wastes
• radioactivity of the natural environment in the Czech Republic
• concentration of K
• U
• Th and gamma dose rate.