It was in 1913 that I first started work with radium in this Province. The supply which I had was very small and had been obtained for a special case. Later on, as success with this was maintained within the very small limits of its applicability Sir Edward Gait, Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa, aided the work with a special grant in 1917, and in 1920 a scheme was put up which has resul...

background: radon is one of the most important radioactive elements which is released by natural decay of available uranium and radium in the ground. the presence of radon gas is common, wherever those faults are located there. radon concentration of various drinking water resources of bam villages; located near bam fault; was measured. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was cond...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the radiation hazard indices from sand samples of Ma’rib Governorate in Yemen, where majority oil and gas facilities are installed. Methods Materials: Thirty five desert Yemen were collected tested their by using High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. Results: Based on measurement concentrations 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, radium equivalent activity (Raeq), co...

Spent or disused sealed radiation sources—no longer needed sources—may represent a risk of radiological accident or may be a target for criminal acts in countries where final disposal options are unavailable and where an increasing number of sources are being kept in extended storage. In developing countries, thousands of radium needles, teletherapy sources, oil well logging neutron sources, an...