Mining and selling radium and uranium [electronic resource] / Roger F. Robison.

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Mining and selling radium and uranium [electronic resource] / Roger F. Robison.

9783319118307 electronic book
3319118307 electronic book
9783319118291

Cham : Springer, [2015]

©2015

English

1 online resource : illustrations, maps.

10.1007/978-3-319-11830-7 doi

HD9539.A2

338.2749

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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