In situ natural radioactivity and radiological hazard assessments of granite gneiss outcrops in parts of the Southwestern Basement Complex of Nigeria by Adedibu Sunny Akingboye, Omowumi Ademila

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Monitoring of specific activities of long-lived radioactive elements along the Mini- Okoro/Oginigba Creek, Port Harcourt by Gregory O Avwiri, Olanrewaju Lawal, Edith I Nwokeoji

“…This  study examined the associations and differences  among soil, sediment and water specific activities of long-lived radioactive element (LLRE). Gamma spectroscopy was used to measure the concentration of  the LLRE along the Mini Okoro/Oginigba Creek, Port Harcourt. …”
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Reducing the Radioactive Surface Contamination Level of Cobalt-60-Contaminated Material with PVA-Glycerol-EDTA Combination Gel by Rezky Anggakusuma, Gemilang Lara Utama, Muhammad Khoirul Zain, Kartini Megasari

“…The formed gel was applied to the material contaminated by Co-60 with a radioactivity of 81 µCi, as much as 5 µL. The decontamination radioactive efficiency test results range from 53% to 98%, with the highest decontamination efficiency observed on glass media. …”
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NaI(Tl) Detector Efficiency Computation Using Radioactive Parallelepiped Sources Based on Efficiency Transfer Principle by Mohamed S. Badawi, Mona M. Gouda, Ahmed M. El-Khatib, Abouzeid A. Thabet, Ahmed A. Salim, Mahmoud I. Abbas

“…In this work, the calculations of FEPE are based on computing the effective solid angle ratio between a radioactive point and parallelepiped sources located at various distances from the detector surface. …”
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Thermal Conductivity of Compacted GO-GMZ Bentonite Used as Buffer Material for a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository by Yong-Gui Chen, Xue-Min Liu, Xiang Mu, Wei-Min Ye, Yu-Jun Cui, Bao Chen, Dong-Bei Wu

“…In China, Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite serves as a feasible buffer material in the high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository, while its thermal conductivity is seen as a crucial parameter for the safety running of the HLW disposal. …”
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Multilayer Shielding Design for Intermediate Radioactive Waste Storage Drums: A Comparative Study between FLUKA and QAD-CGA by Wenqian Li, Xuegang Liu, Ming Li, Yilin Huang, Sheng Fang

“…To ensure that the outside dose rate of waste package is below the limitation of national laws and regulations, based on the standard 200L drum, a new drum with inner shielding was proposed for intermediate-level radioactive waste (ILW) storage. For comparison, FLUKA and QAD-CGA were used to verify the shielding design of the ILW storage drums produced in INET with multiple inner shielding layers. …”
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High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment by Schafmeister, Maria-Theresia

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Utilizing fluctuation asymmetry to assess the effects of U-238 radioactivity on the marine ecosystem around the Madras nuclear power plant, India by AL-Sharif Sherif A., Chapara Manjulatha, El-Taher Atef, Salah-Tantawy Ahmed

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Analyzing Serum Level Changes in Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Dihydrotestosterone, Progesterone, and Prolactin after Radioactive Iodine Treatment for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Mehrosadat Alavi, Mohammad Atefi, Farzaneh Raeisi

Subjects: “…s dht progesterone prolactin radioactive iodine therapy…”
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Radioactivity concentration of 14C in the air of 14C urea breath test rooms and the resulting internal dose to medical staff by Bei Yu, Fei Chen, Jing Cao, Dingxin Long

“…Objective: To monitor the radioactivity concentration of 14C in the air of rooms used to perform 14C urea breath tests, and evaluate the contamination status of 14C released during such tests, and assess the occupational health risk to medical staff working in such areas. …”
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Evaluation of the Gly-Phe-Lys Linker to Reduce the Renal Radioactivity of a [64Cu]Cu-Labeled Multimeric cRGD Peptide by Zhao-Hui Jin, Mélissa Degardin, Takako Furukawa, Tomoya Uehara, Atsushi B. Tsuji, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hidekatsu Wakizaka, Aya Sugyo, Winn Aung, Hisashi Suzuki, Kotaro Nagatsu, Ming-Rong Zhang, Pascal Dumy, Didier Boturyn, Tatsuya Higashi

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Distribution of Natural Radioactivity, 137Cs, 90Sr, and Plutonium Isotopes in a Water Column and Sediment Core along the Algerian Coast by A. Noureddine, M. Benkrid, R. Maoui, M. Menacer, R. Boudjenoun

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Comparative study of DRASTIC-LU and radioactive isotope approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case study of Abuja, North Central Nigeria by Mary Nsikanabasi Etuk, Priscilla E. S. Lartsey, Raphael Maduka, Chinero Nneka Ayogu, Igwe ogbonnaya

“…The DRASTIC-LU and 3H radioactive tracer methods were assessed in this study and applied to the Abuja aquifers. …”
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Microstructural Analysis and Radiological Characterization of Alkali-Activated Materials Based on Aluminosilicate Waste and Metakaolin by Nataša Mladenović Nikolić, Aleksandar Kandić, Jelena Potočnik, Nemanja Latas, Marija Ivanović, Snežana Nenadović, Ljiljana Kljajević

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Ecological and genetic assessment of the consequences of radiation influence on contaminated areas by A. B. Bigaliev, K. Z. Shalabaeva, B. E. Shimshikov, S. S. Kobegenova, L. M. Adilova, A. N. Kozhakhmetova, S. Sharakhmetov, M. N. Burkhanova

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Chemistry of Hydrothermally Destabilized Rare-Metal and Radioactive Minerals in Deformed A-Type Granite in the Vicinity of Nugrus Shear Zone, South Eastern Desert, Egypt by Adel A. Surour, Amira M. El-Tohamy, Gehad M. Saleh

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Geopolymers in nuclear waste storage and immobilization: mechanisms, applications, and challenges by M. Houhou, N. Leklou, H. Ranaivomanana, JD. Penot, S. de Barros

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Performance of U(Ⅵ) enrichment by tannic acid sodium and alginate composite microspheres by LIU Qing, HUANG Jianbin, LI Weifan, ZHAO Guodong, YANG Jingjing

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CHARACTERISTIC OF Zr-BEARING CRYSTALLINE PHASES FROM Rb-BEARING MODEL MATRIX MATERIALS by V.E. Eremyashev, G.G. Korinevskaya, M.A. Rassomakhin, S.M. Lebedeva

Subjects: “…radioactive waste…”
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About Marie Skłodowska-Curie on the occasion of her 150th anniversary of the birth by Alicja Rafalska-Łasocha

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