This paper aims to inform the public and scientists not in the field of radioactivity on the way secondary activity measurements are undertaken at NMISA to ensure the quality of life of South Africans. Various secondary standard nuclear instruments are used for routine activity measurements for dissemination to the user community such as the nuclear medicine industry. Three instrument types are...

This paper gives a review of marine radioecology research in the Adriatic area carried out by the Radiation Protection Unit of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health. Measurements of radioactivity in the Adriatic started in 1963 as a part of an extended monitoring programme of radioactivity in Croatian environment. The main sources of radioactive contamination of the Adriati...

With the improvement of people's requirements for living environment, effect indoor radon radioactivity on health has been widely concerned. In this paper, taking a university in Shanghai as an example, concentration and its related environmental parameters were measured some houses to understand level campus. The results show that average concentrations student dormitory, office building, acad...

Problem statement: One century of uranium mining in Europe and North-America created a legacy of ore mining and milling sites needing rehabilitation for environmental and human safety. In the last decades developments of uranium mining displaced the core of this activity to Australia, Canada and African countries. In the coming years, uranium mining is expected to grow further, in those countri...