Radioactive Pollutants

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Accuracy of methods for reporting inorganic element concentrations and radioactivity in oil and gas wastewaters from the Appalachian Basin, U.S. based on an inter-laboratory comparison. 
  • Depleted and natural uranium: chemistry and toxicological effects. 
  • Locating, quantifying and characterising radiation hazards in contaminated nuclear facilities using a novel passive non-electrical polymer based radiation imaging device. 
  • Submerged RadBall® deployments in Hanford Site hot cells containing 137CsCl capsules. 
  • Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Vengosh, Avner, Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University Energy Initiative