S. Singh et al., Uranium analysis of geological samples, water and plants from Kulu Area, Himachal Pradesh, India, RADIAT MEAS, 34(1-6), 2001, pp. 427-431
This paper deals with the measurement of uranium content in soil, rock, wat
er and plant samples collected from some areas of Kulu district, Himachal P
radesh, India. The anomalous uranium values have been observed in soil, roc
k and plant samples belonging to Balsari village of the area. Uranium conce
ntration in water samples is quite low and is thus safe for drinking. The a
im of the work is to explore the possibility of uranium exploration and for
the health risk assessment in the area. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All
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