The activity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in seven brands of Portland cement used in Nigeria have been determined using a gamma-ray spectrometer with a hyperpure germanium detector. A total of 22 samples were collected from suppliers. The mean activity concentrations varied between 19.2 and 85.1 Bq kg(-1), 12.9 and 31.7 Bq kg(-1), and 31.5 and 116 Bq kg(-1) for (226)Ra, (232)Th ...

background: due to the evacuation of some industrial wastewaters to arvandrood, the presence of the radionuclide material in the river is likely. the purpose of this study was to determine the radioactivity rate in arvandrood land area to the persian gulf. methods: : the concentration of cesium radionuclide (cs137) was measured in 20 sediment samples and 8 water samples which were collected fro...

Many materials that are usually found in the earth's crust contain small but measurable amount of naturally occurring radioactivity (NORM). Some particular ores contain natural radionuclide at levels much higher those usually present in earth's crust; and are also subject to radioisotope enrichment, during technological process, known as technologically enhanced natural radioactivity (TENORM). ...

Background: Investigation on the natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th, 40K and natural fallout radionuclide 210Po in the prominent plants species of Western Ghats tropical forest near Kotagiri have been carried out as a part of baseline background radiation studies in the forest environment. Materials and Methods: The prominent plants species of the region Evodia roxburghiana and Eleaoca...

Fractured Crystalline Rocks (FCR) are being considered in several countries as hosts for radioactive waste repositories. In FCR, radionuclides may be transported relatively rapidly by bulk groundwater flow through open fractures, but much more slowly diffusion porewater the rock matrices. Rock matrix (RMD) is of aqueous phase, between fractures and Sorption or co-precipitation on fracture surfa...

Background: Natural radionuclides are always present in the environment. Human exposure to the background radiation is inevitable. It is therefore important to assess health risk associated with these radionuclides. Materials and Methods: The distribution of natural radionuclides 238U, 232Th and 40K in soil samples collected from all the twenty (20) local Governments headquarter areas in Ogun s...

Background: Natural Radioactivity, though natural requires concentration monitoring, especially for the health/ environmental checks of the populace. Materials and Methods: The activity concentrations of 40K, 238U and 232Th in the waters from wells with depths ranging between 141.0 - 214.0 feet were randomly sampled and determined from 20 locations in Ago-Iwoye town in South Western, ...

Introduction: The palliative care in patients with bone metastasis includes variety of techniques such as conventional analgesics, surgery, external beam radiotherapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy and using bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals. Even some of the recent works used combined methods like chemotherapy and radionuclide therapy or using radionuclide therapy as adjuvant ...

AIMS Different methods exist for measuring left ventricular function echocardiographically; each may be error prone due to the abnormal pattern of ventricular activation during pacing. METHODS AND RESULTS Echocardiography was undertaken on 307 patients with permanent pacemakers; a subset of 57 underwent radionuclide ventriculography. Intrinsic and paced beats were analysed for left ventricula...