Assessment of radioactivity and radiological hazards associated with bricks in eastern Nepal.
Activity concentration
Brick material
Gamma spectrometer
Radiological risks
Radionuclides
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Jan 2024
30 Jan 2024
Historique:
received:
02
09
2023
revised:
22
12
2023
accepted:
15
01
2024
medline:
5
2
2024
pubmed:
5
2
2024
entrez:
5
2
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This comprehensive study examines the concentration of natural radionuclides in bricks from the Terai region of the Koshi province, aiming to assess the radioactivity levels and associated radiological hazards, ultimately quantifying the dose limit. The average concentrations of
Identifiants
pubmed: 38312633
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24844
pii: S2405-8440(24)00875-2
pmc: PMC10835328
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e24844Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Arun Kumar Shrestha reports University Grants Commission Nepal provided a Ph.D. fellowship and research support grant including a travel reimbursement. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.