The Egyptian lakes have economic, social and environmental significance. To predict the
radiological impacts of environmental radioactivity, it is necessary not only to define their …

Mariout and Brullus are two of the highly fish-productive lakes in the northern coast of Egypt
along the Mediterranean Sea. They are widely used to drain industrial wastes, sewage and …

The presence of primordial radionuclides in human habitats has always been a source of
prolonged nuclear radiation exposure. Measurements of naturally occurring radionuclides in …

The sediment compartment has the ability to trap large amounts of radionuclides and to
indicate the radiological impact of pollution. The present work shows the results obtained …

Timsah Lake is one of the most fish productive lakes in Egypt. It is located at the midpoint of
Suez Canal with surface area of about 16 km2. The lake receives about 833,000 m3daily of …

The specific activities of the natural radionuclides 238U, 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were
measured in sediments and water samples collected from the Qarun lake (Middle Egypt) in …

Nasser Lake provides more than 95% of the Egyptian freshwater budget. The levels, spatial
distributions, and risk assessments of heavy metals and natural radioactivity were …

This paper was undertaken in order to assess the extent of contamination in bottom
sediments of Qaroun Lake, El-Fayoum, Egypt. Sediment samples were analyzed for grain …

To evaluate radiation risks and the exposure to human and marine life, samples of marine
sediments were taken along Mediterranean Sea Coastline and Lake Burullus, Egypt. The …

Thirty shore sediment samples taken from the side beach of Lake Nasser in south Arab
Republic of Egypt to measuring the terrestrial radionuclides radium-226, thorium-232 and …