Characteristics of the natural radioactivity of the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea Region participating in the BSUIN and EUL projects

Szkliniarz, Katarzyna

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Characteristics of the natural radioactivity of the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea Region participating in the BSUIN and EUL projects

Katarzyna Szkliniarz

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katarzyna.szkliniarz@us.edu.pl

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August Chełkowski Institute of Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, Chorzów, 41-500, Poland

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