Tag: radium-226

Researchers mapped rare earth elements and natural radionuclides in TuyenLam Lake sediments, finding land-use-driven enrichment and localized radiological hotspots.

New experiments reveal that trace kaolinite clay, not quartz or organic matter, controls the removal of radium-226 from sandy freshwater ...

Researchers used gamma-ray spectroscopy and the RESRAD simulation code to estimate excess lifetime cancer risks from radium-226, thorium-232, and potassium-40 ...

A year-long gamma spectrometric survey of 244 drinking water samples along Ghana's coast finds radium levels in borehole and river ...

A detailed Moroccan study measured radionuclide levels in nine food crops and their soils, showing that organic matter and cation ...

A new study of the abandoned Okpara coal mine in Enugu, Nigeria, finds radium and thorium contamination driving dietary radiation ...

A gamma spectrometry survey of thirty-eight soil samples from District Gurugram, Haryana, shows that natural radionuclide levels and derived radiation ...

Scientists mapped natural radioactivity across Jampore beach in Daman, India, and found that radium isotope ratios and grain-size patterns reveal ...

A paired coal-ash study shows that burning hard coal concentrates natural radionuclides roughly sixfold, making combustion residues radiologically distinct materials ...

A new gamma spectrometry survey of Visakhapatnam's beaches reveals natural radionuclide concentrations exceeding global averages, with thorium-rich hotspots comparable to ...