The radiation exposure of individuals has been on the rise due to an increased amount of
radiation use, eg, in medicine for diagnostic imaging and treatment procedures, industrial …

Natural radioactivity is a public health concern worldwide. Its deleterious effects are largely
associated with emitting ionizing particles which generate innumerable toxicological …

In this paper, we used the Hyper-Pure Germanium (HPGe) detector to measure 30 samples
which are collected from north of Nile Delta near Rosetta beach in Egypt. The activity of …

Abstract Natural radioactivity U-235, Th-232, and K-40 of eight samples of water and
sediments from Al-Husseiniya River have been investigated by using gamma spectrometer …

Beaches with monazitic sands show high natural radiation, and the knowledge of this
radiation is fundamental to simulate the effects of natural terrestrial radiation on biological …

The activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, and 40K were determined at 56 sites along the
East Coast of India, near the Bay of Bengal, with 31 sites in Odisha and 25 in Andhra …

Oil and oil products belong to the naturally occurring radioactive materials-ΝΟRΜs. In the
present study, the radiological status around an oil shale power plant, based on natural …

Soils exhibit a wide range of radioactive elements and, therefore, the knowledge of the
radioactivity levels that the human being is exposed to is of great importance for …

Abstract Buenos Aires Province coastline is a populated area visited yearly by millions of
tourists. However, the radioactivity baseline data of the sand has not been reported yet, and …

The paper presents detailed studies on the radiation levels and the seasonal variation and
vertical profiles of activity of natural radio nuclei in sand samples of Chavara beach, a high …