Assessment of the natural radioactivity using two techniques for the measurement of radionuclide concentration in building materials used in Japan

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Hassan, Nabil M ^a,b,c   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Hosoda, Masahiro ^a   Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^a   Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Fukushi, Masahiro ^b   Sahoo, Sarata K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; ICPMS; Natural radioactivity; NORM; Specific activity

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; EXHALATION; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 77949275870     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0050-6     Document Type: Article

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