Assessment of radioactivity in the soil samples from Imphal city, India, and its radiological implication

The radioactivity concentration and the natural gamma absorbed dose rates of the terrestrial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th, and 40K) have been determined in soil samples collected from twenty different locations of Imphal city, India, using high-purity germanium detector. The range of activity concent...

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Main Authors: B Arunkumar Sharma, Nabadwip Sarangthem Singh, Priya Thiyam Devi, Hirakendu Basu, Sudeshna Saha, R K Singhal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Radiation Protection and Environment
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Online Access:http://www.rpe.org.in/article.asp?issn=0972-0464;year=2017;volume=40;issue=3;spage=149;epage=153;aulast=Sharma