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
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

e24844

Informations 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.

Auteurs

Arun Kumar Shrestha (AK)

Damak Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Ganesh Kumar Shrestha (GK)

Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Buddha Ram Shah (BR)

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal.

Ram Prasad Koirala (RP)

Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

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