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Nuclear technology is not only widely used in industry, agriculture, and medicine but has also made rapid development in environmental science and environmental protection. Experimental or pilot studies on the treatment of waste gas, wastewater, and solid waste by nuclear technology have been carried out worldwide, such as the SO2/HOx removal by the electron beam.
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Luo, S. (2023). Application of Nuclear Technology in the Environment. In: Nuclear Science and Technology. Nuclear Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3087-6_7
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