background: natural background radiation of a particular region is one of the distinctive factors defining the status of environment. eloor island is an industrial area in ernakulum district of the state of kerala, india. the indoor and outdoor gamma level measurements have been carried out for the region for evaluating the annual effective dose to the population residing in this area. material...

Human bonelPlutoniumfUraniumlSemipalatinsk nuclear test siteAnternal dose. To evaluate the present levels of 239'240Pu and U in residents living near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, more than 70 bone samples were obtained at autopsy. The subjects ranged in age from 30 to 86 years (mean 59.3±12.9). Most of the samples consisted of victims who died of various diseases. Plutonium and U were r...

This paper describes rapid methods for the determination of the production date (age dating) of plutonium (Pu) materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for nuclear forensic and safeguards purposes. One of the presented methods is a rapid, direct measurement without chemical separation using 235U/239Pu and 236U/240Pu chronometers. The other method comprises a straightfo...

Two fusion-fission experiments have been performed and studied with the Euroball Ge array: 12C+ 238U at 90MeV bombarding energy, and 18O+ 208Pb at 85MeV. Among the lot of new information extracted during the last decade, the latest results discussed here are the discovery of the high-spin states of 119–126Sn. The maximum value of angular momentum available in the νh11/2 shell, i.e. for mid-occu...

We report 230Th-238U disequilibrium data on mid-ocean ridge basalts recovered 5 to 40 kilometers off the ridge axis near 9 degrees 30'N of the East Pacific Rise. These data indicate near-symmetrical eruptions of normal mid-ocean ridge basalts (NMORBs) and incompatible element-enriched mid-ocean ridge basalts (EMORBs) as far as 20 kilometers off axis. Our results suggest large-scale subsurface l...

Alumina production from bauxite ore gives rise to a large amount of liquid and solid waste since the 1 kg alumina involves same weight residue, well-known red muds enriched in iron heavy metals. Up now, without any valorization by-products, have been stored artificial ponds which are potential source pollutants for surroundings due uplift dust under strong wind conditions. The goal current work...

in this study, natural and artificial radioactivity concentration in agaricus bispora (nourished mushroom) and their composts, cantharellus cibarius and coprinus micaceuc (wild species) were determined. samples were collected from sahne and two kinds of wild mushroom species from songhor koliai township gardens all located in kermanshah province were collected. hpge gamma ray spectrometry syste...