Luís Ramos Pinto, Alberto Vale, Yoeri Brouwer, Jorge Borbinha, José Corisco, Rodrigo Ventura, Ana Margarida Silva, André Mourato, Gonçalo Marques, Yuri Romanets, Susana Sargento, Bruno Gonçalves
Human populations and natural ecosystems are bound to be exposed to ionizing radiation from the deposition of artificial radionuclides resulting from nuclear accidents, nuclear devices or radiological dispersive devices ("dirty bombs"). On the other hand, Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material industries such as phosphate production or uranium mining, contribute to the on site storage of residuals with enhanced concentrations of natural radionuclides. Therefore, in the context of the European agreements concerning nuclear energy, namely the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty, monitoring is an essential feature of the environmental radiological surveillance...
April 30, 2021: Sensors