Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Robison, Roger F. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Economic geology.; Mineral resources.; Natural disasters.; Nuclear medicine.; Medicine.; Health.; Nature.; Environment.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geology.; Natural Hazards.; Nuclear Medicine.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XV, 265 p. 72 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319118307

Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through biographical vignettes, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, occupational health, medical utilization, environmental safety and industrial history. Included are the people and places involved over the course of over 90 years of interconnected mining and sale of radium and uranium, finally ending in 1991 with the abandonment of radium paint and medical devices, Soviet nuclear parity, and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.