Nuclear Energy Handbook

TENORM: Technologically-Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

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TENORM stands for technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials--certain radionuclides that are naturally present in rocks, soils, and minerals and that human industrial activities have concentrated or exposed to the accessible environment.

URL: http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/tenorm/index.html
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