Title :
Natural radionuclides in soil and shore sediments on Alexandria Mediterranean Sea coast of Egypt
Author_Institution :
Nat. Centre for Nucl. Safety & Radiat. Control, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
The content of uranium, thorium, potassium in soil and shore sediments from the Mediterranean Sea coast of Alexandria has been determined using a combination of direct gamma spectrometry, radiochemical separation and alpha spectrometry and laser fluorimetry. This study was carried out to detect any radioactive contamination and to obtain a natural radioactive base line. No serious contamination was found
Keywords :
geochemistry; potassium; radioisotopes; sediments; soil; spectrochemical analysis; thorium; uranium; Alexandria; Egypt; K; Mediterranean Sea; Th; U; alpha spectrometry; coast; direct gamma spectrometry; laser fluorimetry; natural radioactive base line; natural radionuclides; radioactive contamination; radiochemical separation; shore sediments; soil; Chemical analysis; Chemical elements; Cities and towns; Contamination; Isotopes; Radioactive materials; Sea coast; Sediments; Soil measurements; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference, 1999. NRSC '99. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
977-5031-62-1
DOI :
10.1109/NRSC.1999.760945
