Fundamental aspects, recent progress and future prospects of inorganic scintillators

T Yanagida, T Kato, D Nakauchi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The present work reviews some fundamental aspects of scintillators, including the light yield,
decay time, emission wavelength, afterglow, timing resolution and energy resolution …

Advances in the management of radioactive wastes and radionuclide contamination in environmental compartments: a review

AO Adeola, KO Iwuozor, KG Akpomie… - … geochemistry and health, 2023 - Springer
Several anthropogenic activities produce radioactive materials into the environment.
According to reports, exposure to high concentrations of radioactive elements such as …

Terrestrial radionuclides in surface (dam) water and concomitant dose in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur

MU Khandaker, OB Uwatse… - Radiation protection …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Batu Dam is of considerable importance to the metropolis of Kuala Lumpur, its existence and
the quality assessment of its waters being essential in helping to maintain the lives of a large …

Source, fate and transfer of primordial radionuclides as potential contaminants in environmental matrices of high and low background radiation areas–a critical review

B Santhanabharathi, KP Pradhoshini… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The source, fate and transport of pollutants are of typical interest in environmental chemistry,
which focuses on the presence and effects of chemicals in soil and water bodies. In this …

Radiation hazard indices of soil and water samples in Northern Malaysian Peninsula

BA Almayahi, AA Tajuddin, MS Jaafar - Applied radiation and isotopes, 2012 - Elsevier
The radioactivity quantity and quality were determined in soil and water samples in Northern
Malaysian Peninsula (NMP) using HPGe spectroscopy and GR-135 spectrometer. The …

Fellowship of the Spring: An initiative to document and protect the world's oases

RJ Fensham, R Adinehvand, S Babidge… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
An 'oasis' signifies a refugium of safety, recovery, relaxation, fertility, and productivity in an
inhospitable desert, a sweet spot in a barren landscape where life-giving water spills forth …

[HTML][HTML] Radon levels of water sources in the southwest coastal region of Peninsular Malaysia

NF Ismail, S Hashim, MSM Sanusi, AT Abdul Rahman… - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Across populations, the dominating source of public exposure to radiation is radon gas. In
the present study, we aimed at determining the concentration of radon in water sources from …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of natural radioactive and heavy metals concentration in underground water

FA Alseroury, T Almeelbi, A Khan, MA Barakata… - Journal of radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
Concentrations of natural nuclides (226 Ra, 232 Th and 4 K) and some heavy metals (Cu,
Fe. Ni, Pb and As) were measured in groundwater collected from different locations in …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of natural radionuclides for water resources on the west bank of the Nile River, Assiut Governorate, Egypt

H El-Gamal, A Sefelnasr, G Salaheldin - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Estimations of natural radioactivity levels were carried out for water (surface and
groundwater) samples collected from the west bank of the Nile River in Assiut Governorate …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation hazards and extremophiles bioaccumulation of radionuclides from hypersaline lakes and hot springs

MS Abdelkarim, N Imam - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2024 - Springer
Radioactivity measurements for water, sediment, microbial films and the bioaccumulation of
radionuclides by extremophiles from hypersaline lakes and hot springs were carried out as …