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...

background: the presence of radionuclides in the soil, measures need to be taken to minimize the radiation dose to humans. it is mostly gamma-emitting radionuclides that contribute to the radiation dose in long term behavior of these radionuclides in soil may determine the extent to which such countermeasures need to be applied. materials and methods: the activity concentration of these radionu...

We use the 1/N expansion formalism in a systematic study of high-spin states in the sd and sdg boson models with emphasis on spin dependence of moment of inertia and E2 transitions. The results are applied to the high-spin states in the actinide nuclei 232Th, 234−238U, where the need for g bosons is especially acute but until now, no realistic calculation existed. We find that the d-boson energ...

background: the existence of some radionuclides in soil and some building materials produce a β-γ radiation field, which in some regions the exposure of these radionuclides to human is high. materials and methods: the air-absorbed dose, indoor and outdoor annual effective dose of soil and some building material samples (ceramic, granite, gypsum, etc.). the samples were collected from 35 differe...

background: knowledge of radioactivity levels in human diet is of particular concern for the estimation of possible radiological hazards to human health. however, very few surveys of radioactivity in food have been conducted in iran therefore the baseline values of the natural radionuclides concentration (40k, 226ra and 232th), and man made radionuclide, 137cs, were determined in twenty six sam...

Background: Knowledge of radioactivity levels in human diet is of particular concern for the estimation of possible radiological hazards to human health. However, very few surveys of radioactivity in food have been conducted in Iran therefore the baseline values of the natural radionuclides concentration (40K, 226Ra and 232Th), and man made radionuclide, 137Cs, were determined in twenty six...

Background: The existence of some radionuclides in soil and some building materials produce a β-γ radiation field, which in some regions the exposure of these radionuclides to human is high. Materials and Methods: The air-absorbed dose, indoor and outdoor annual effective dose of soil and some building material samples (ceramic, granite, gypsum, etc.). The samples were collected from 3...

natural background radiation is the main source of human exposure to radioactive material. soils naturally have radioactive mineral contents. the aim of this study is to determine natural ((238) u, (232) th, (40) k) and artificial ((137) cs) radioactivity levels in wheat and corn fields of eilam province.hpge detector was used to measure the concentration activity of (238) u and (232) th series...

background: the concentrations of radionuclides like 226ra, 232th and 40k and the dose rate are measured in igneous and metamorphic rock formations in and around chickmagalur. a total of 236 samples from 13 different locations around study area were analyzed. materials and methods: the activity concentrations of the three radioactive elements were determined for mean period of 25000 s using hpg...