Radioactivity concentration and radiological risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline in the Mediterranean Sea

A Abbasi, HMH Zakaly, BM Alotaibi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
A radiological baseline survey was conducted using a calculation analysis to assess the 226
Ra, 232 Th, 40 K, and 137 Cs distribution in beach sand samples collected from the coastal …

Radiation risk assessment of coastal biota from a quasi-Fukushima hypothetical accident in the Mediterranean Sea

A Abbasi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in Turkey was the idea of this research
to define a Fukushima-like accident scenario in the Akkuyu nuclear reactor and investigate …

An extended assessment of natural radioactivity in the sediments of the mid-region of the Egyptian Red Sea coast

HMH Zakaly, MAM Uosif, SAM Issa, HO Tekin… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, nearly 84 marine sediment samples were collected from twelve points in four
cities (Quseir, Safaga, Hurghada, and Ras Gharib) along the Egyptian Red Sea sectors. The …

A global meta-analysis of radiological contamination in soils and Monte Carlo simulation-oriented hazards evaluation

R Proshad, K Chandra, PB Akash, SMAA Asha… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil pollution caused by radionuclides has become a global concern. However, previous
research has mostly focused on specific sites or limited locations, which may not provide a …

Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides concentration with heavy metals analysis of the sediments collected around Novaya Zemlya

N Yushin, R Jakhu, O Chaligava, D Grozdov… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Dispersal profile of the radioisotopes (226 Ra, 232 Th, 235 U, 40 K, 137 Cs) along with
potentially toxic elements (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, V, Zn, and Hg) in the sediments around the …

Distribution of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and associated radiation indices in the Southwestern coastline of Caspian Sea

A Abbasi, M Algethami, O Bawazeer… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The distribution pattern of natural radionuclides (226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K) and
anthropogenic radionuclide (137 Cs) in surface sediment samples from the southwestern …

Natural radioactivity levels and radiological implications in the high natural radiation area of Wadi El Reddah, Egypt

AF Tawfic, HMH Zakaly, HA Awad, HR Tantawy… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Wadi El Reddah, Egypt, is mostly enclosed by scattered exposure to the
chronological sequence of a metavolcanic and metagabbro-diorite complex. There are …

Radiation exposure and health concerns associated with the environmental geochemistry of relatively higher radioactivity in a fresh water basin

R Khan, MS Basir, SZ Akhi, AH Anik, S Hossain… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was carried out on a negligible anthropogenically impacted Indo-Bangla
transboundary river basin (Atrai, Bangladesh) to elicit radionuclides' and elemental …

Radiotoxic 210Po concentration in the Mediterranean Sea sediment and radiation risk assessment of biota

A Abbasi, AW Alrowaily, HMH Zakaly - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
This research presents the levels and distribution of 210 Po in different sediments of the
northeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The 210 Po activity concentrations were …

Exploring the alteration of environmental radioactivity in terms of compositional elements of heavy minerals in an anthropogenically affected urban river: Radiological …

SZ Akhi, R Khan, MS Basir, MA Habib, MA Islam… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …