Evaluation of environmental radioactivity in soils around a coal burning power plant and a coal mining area in Barapukuria, Bangladesh: Radiological risks …

MA Habib, R Khan, K Phoungthong - Chemical Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
To study the distributions and potential dispersions of naturally occurring radioactive
materials (NORMs: 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K) from coal-based activities (Barapukuria …

Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides concentration with heavy metals analysis of the sediments collected around Novaya Zemlya

N Yushin, R Jakhu, O Chaligava, D Grozdov… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Dispersal profile of the radioisotopes (226 Ra, 232 Th, 235 U, 40 K, 137 Cs) along with
potentially toxic elements (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, V, Zn, and Hg) in the sediments around the …

Mechanism of elevated radioactivity in Teesta river basin from Bangladesh: radiochemical characterization, provenance and associated hazards

R Khan, HMT Islam, ARMT Islam - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a river basin (Teesta River, Bangladesh) which possesses significantly
higher radioactivity compared to other freshwater basins around the globe. A total of thirty …

Distribution of naturally occurring radionuclides in soil around a coal-based power plant and their potential radiological risk assessment

MA Habib, T Basuki, S Miyashita, W Bekelesi… - Radiochimica …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Coal-fly-ash is one of the major byproducts of coal-based power plant in which naturally
occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) are drastically enriched compared to those of feed …

Radiation exposure and health concerns associated with the environmental geochemistry of relatively higher radioactivity in a fresh water basin

R Khan, MS Basir, SZ Akhi, AH Anik, S Hossain… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was carried out on a negligible anthropogenically impacted Indo-Bangla
transboundary river basin (Atrai, Bangladesh) to elicit radionuclides' and elemental …

Environmental geochemistry of higher radioactivity in a transboundary Himalayan River sediment (Brahmaputra, Bangladesh): potential radiation exposure and health …

R Khan, HMT Islam, MAS Apon, ARMT Islam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
This study of a downstream segment (Brahmaputra, Bangladesh) of one of the longest
transboundary (China-India-Bangladesh) Himalayan rivers reveals elevated radioactivity …

Radiological and pollution risk assessments of terrestrial radionuclides and heavy metals in a mineralized zone of the siwalik region (India)

P Pandit, P Mangala, A Saini, P Bangotra, V Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study reveals the distribution of terrestrial radionuclides (226 Ra, 232 Th and 40
K) and heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Co) from soil samples of Una, Hamirpur and Kangra …

Assessing the Topsoil Contamination of Cesium-137 Environmental Fallout in Konya, Turkey: Spatial Distribution and Analysis

O Günay, S Özden, SA Pehlivanoğlu - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023 - Springer
Although more than 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl accident, artificial
radionuclides are still present in the soil. Especially, 137Cs is harmful to human health and …

Determination of terrestrial radiation level and radiological parameters of soil samples from Sariyer-Istanbul in Turkey

O Günay, C Eke - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019 - Springer
Radiation directly or indirectly affects human health. So, it is significant to work out the
concentration of environmental radioactivity. The natural terrestrial radiation concentration …

Natural radioactivity measurements and evaluation of radiological hazards in sediment of Aliağa Bay, İzmir (Turkey)

S Özden, S Aközcan - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
The activity concentration of natural 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K radionuclides was examined
in some selected locations in Aliaga Bay of Izmir district, Turkey. Sediment samples from 30 …