LEADER 03720nam 22008415 450 001 9910299447603321 005 20200701060905.0 010 $a3-319-11830-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-11830-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000311587 035 $a(EBL)1965245 035 $a(OCoLC)897466429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001408078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11782359 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001408078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11346175 035 $a(PQKB)11650922 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-11830-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1965245 035 $a(PPN)183149114 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000311587 100 $a20141201d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMining and Selling Radium and Uranium /$fby Roger F. Robison 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-11829-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aReich Thalers & Pechblende -- Ionizing x-rays -- Radioactive rocks -- European radium sales -- Colorado uranium -- United States radium & uranium sales -- United States radium oncology -- Congo & Arctic uranium sales -- Miner?s plague -- Cold war uranium blunders. 330 $aPresented 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. 606 $aMines and mineral resources 606 $aGeology, Economic 606 $aNatural disasters 606 $aNuclear medicine 606 $aMedicine 606 $aHealth 606 $aNature 606 $aEcology 606 $aMineral Resources$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G38010 606 $aEconomic Geology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17010 606 $aNatural Hazards$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G32000 606 $aNuclear Medicine$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H29048 606 $aPopular Science in Medicine and Health$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q14008 606 $aPopular Science in Nature and Environment$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q16000 615 0$aMines and mineral resources. 615 0$aGeology, Economic. 615 0$aNatural disasters. 615 0$aNuclear medicine. 615 0$aMedicine. 615 0$aHealth. 615 0$aNature. 615 0$aEcology. 615 14$aMineral Resources. 615 24$aEconomic Geology. 615 24$aNatural Hazards. 615 24$aNuclear Medicine. 615 24$aPopular Science in Medicine and Health. 615 24$aPopular Science in Nature and Environment. 676 $a500 676 $a55 676 $a551 676 $a553 700 $aRobison$b Roger F$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01063909 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299447603321 996 $aMining and Selling Radium and Uranium$92535239 997 $aUNINA