Human populations are being exposed to a wide spectrum of radiation from soils as a result
of the availability of radiation sources. Assessing the ecological and health effects of …

The best–worst method (BWM), though a recently developed multi-criteria decision-making
(MCDM) technique, has its application evolving in recent years in addressing MCDM …

To study the distributions and potential dispersions of naturally occurring radioactive
materials (NORMs: 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K) from coal-based activities (Barapukuria …

Natural radioactivity concentrations in recent alluvial soils from swampy areas and Tertiary
rocks from Jaintiapur were measured using gamma-ray spectrometer equipped with HPGe …

Gamma ray spectra of natural radioactivity from 238 U-and 232 Th series and from 40 K of
eight (representing 40 collected samples) granite samples collected from Saint Katherine …

This work presents a river basin (Teesta River, Bangladesh) which possesses significantly
higher radioactivity compared to other freshwater basins around the globe. A total of thirty …

This study of a downstream segment (Brahmaputra, Bangladesh) of one of the longest
transboundary (China-India-Bangladesh) Himalayan rivers reveals elevated radioactivity …

This study explored the alteration of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs: 226
Ra (≈ 238 U), 232 Th, 40 K) in an anthropogenically disrupted urban river-basin (Turag …

The concentration and distribution of the natural radionuclides (238U, 232Th and 40K) have
been analyzed for the beach sediments of Kerala with an aim of evaluating the radiation …

This study investigated the environmental risk of natural radioactivity and some toxic
elements in quarry site located in Nkalagu, Southeastern Nigeria. Background radiometric …