Major source of radon exposure overlooked at former Ohio uranium-proces...(le may have been exposed to levels of ra...)

Date:10/23/2008

le may have been exposed to levels of radon gas that were higher than previously thought during their daily work, coming from a combination of the Q-11 silo and K-65 sources."

Researchers say the radon emitting materials in the K-65 and Q-11 silos were removed in the process of cleaning up the site, so there is no longer any source of radon gas related to the site.

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Contact: Amanda Harper amanda.harper@uc.edu 513-558-4657 University of Cincinnati Source:Eurekalert

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