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rad association journal author guidelines aims and scope open access editorial board advisory board impressum reviewers editorial policy issn 2466-4294 (online) vol. 1 issue 1 issue 2 issue 3 vol. 2 issue 1 issue 2 issue 3 vol. 3 issue 1 rad conference rad conference proceedings volume 3, issue 1 table of contents invited review paper radioecology uranium mining legacy and radiation protection fernando p. carvalho pages: 1-6 doi: 10.21175/radj.2018.01.001 received: 29 jun 2017, received revised: 9 jan 2018, accepted: 15 jan 2018, published online: 2 apr 2018 abstract | references | full text (pdf) old uranium and radium production sites in portugal were investigated to determine concentrations of uranium series radionuclides in mining and milling waste, mine drainage, and in surrounding environment. it was found that the ingestion of horticulture products grown with irrigation water from contaminated wells, combined with radon inhalation and enhanced ambient radiation doses could be the origin of radiation exposure of members of the population exceeding radiation dose limits. site clean-up and environmental remediation measures were applied in many of those legacy sites, including coverage of tailings, continued treatment of mine water drainage, and removal of contaminated materials. these remediation measures reduced local contamination and the exposure of population to radioactivity, contributing to improved radiation safety. lessons to retain and procedures currently recommended to avoid generating new uranium legacies are summarized. environmental contamination from uranium production facilities and their remediation. proceedings of an international workshop , proceedings of an international workshop, iaea, vienna, austria, 2005. retrieved from: https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/pub1228_web.pdf ; retrieved on: jan. 20, 2018 r. hähne, s. murphy, j. j. vrijen, “state and prospects of closure and remediation of tailings deposits from uranium ore processing and heap leaching in europe,” in the uranium mining remediation exchange group: selected papers 1995–2007 , vienna, austria: iaea, 2011, pp. 7 – 27. retrieved from: https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/p_1524_cd/pdf/sti_pub_1431.pdf ; retrieved on: jan. 10, 2018 managing environmental and health impacts of uranium mining , no. 7062, oecd nea, boulogne-billancourt, france, 2014. retrieved from: https://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/pubs/2014/7062-mehium.pdf ; retrieved on: jan. 10, 2018 f. p. carvalho, “past uranium mining in portugal: legacy, environmental remediation and radioactivity monitoring,” in the uranium mining remediation exchange grou p : selected papers 1995–2007 , vienna, austria: iaea, 2011, pp. 145 – 155. retrieved from: https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/p_1524_cd/pdf/sti_pub_1431.pdf ; retrieved on: jan. 10, 2018 f. p. carvalho, “environmental radioactive impact associated to uranium production,” am. j. environ. sci . vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 547 – 553, 2011. doi: 10.3844/ajessp.2011.547.553 j. m. falcão et al., minas de uranio e seus resíduos: efeitos na saúde da população , relatório científico i, instituto superior técnico, lisboa, portugal, 2005. 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