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Environmental Characteristics of EPA, NRC, and DOE Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances

This report is one of several consensus documents being developed cooperatively by the Interagency Environmental Pathway Modeling Workgroup. These documents will help bring a uniform approach to solving environmental modeling problems common to these three participating agencies in their site remediation and restoration efforts.

Environmental Characteristics of EPA, NRC, and DOE Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances (pdf) (6.85 MB, March 1993, 402-R-93-011)

Environmental Characteristics of EPA, NRC, and DOE Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances

Radiation Protection