Verification of reaching the regulatory limit for the release of radioactive liquid waste in nuclear medicines

L Alfayyadh, S Naimi, F Mizban, N Al-Hamami… - 2023 - openaccess.altinbas.edu.tr
The research was conducted at one of Iraq's nuclear medical facilities in Baghdad, which
uses radioactive iodine (I-131) to treat thyroid patients, the major purpose of this research …

Intake of natural radionuclides present in organic and conventional foods: radiological aspects

AKS Paiva, WS Pereira, JM Lopes, LB Silva… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2022 - Springer
Conventionally and organically grown vegetables were analyzed with gamma spectrometry,
and its activity concentration were obtained for 40K, 228Ra, 226Ra and 228Th. Committed …

Absorbed dose rate for marine biota due to the oil spilled using ICRP reference animal and Monte Carlo simulation

JM Lopes, CAD Lentini, LFF Mendonça… - Applied Radiation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study aimed to obtain dose conversion coefficients for marine animals due to an
oil spill accident using two variables: crude oil activity concentration and organism depth …

Excess lifetime cancer risk due to ingestion of fish from a dam reservoir associated with a nuclear facility in Brazil

WS Pereira, A Kelecom, AS Carmo, JM Lopes… - Applied Radiation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fish from a Funil dam reservoir associated with a Nuclear Fuel Factory were sampled
aiming to assess the radiological risk due to ingestion. Funil dam reservoir is a strategic site …

Compliance assessment when radioactive discharges are close to exemption levels in nuclear medicine facilities

L Carvalheira, JM Lopes, PF de Aguiar… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear Medicine has applied radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat several diseases
for decades. The decay of the radionuclide inserted in the drug needs to be monitored and …

Discharges of 131I coming from hospitals and outpatients in the sanitary sewage system of Bogotá

ETM Carrillo, FM Patiño, DFR Valencia… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An integral sampling methodology was applied to the sewerage network of Bogotá by
inspecting wells that carry sanitary water from institutions that use 131 I in nuclear medicine …

Assesment of storage and delay system for low-level radioactive liquid waste in nuclear medicine/case study

LA Alfayyadh - 2023 - openaccess.altinbas.edu.tr
The study was conducted in AL-Amal National Hospital for oncology in Iraq-Baghdad, using
I-131, the main objective of this study to make assess storage and delay system for …