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Estimation of uranium and thorium content in soil and water near Indo-Burman Subduction zone

  • 1. Department of Physics, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram (India)

Description

The study presents estimations of uranium and thorium content from radon and thoron data respectively in soil and water. The study was carried out between November, 2017 and October, 2018 for one year at different sampling depths. An indigenously developed and calibrated ZnS(Ag) alpha based scintillation counter (Model: SMARTRnDuo, BARC, India) was deployed for assessing radon and thoron data. Thoron concentration was found to be higher than radon concentration in both soil and water. The isotope pair and their parent nuclei concentration in water were found to be higher than in soil. Comparisons with global averages were also presented in detail and no radiological risk has been observed for the region. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the twenty third national symposium on radiation physics: innovations in radiation physics

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Publishing Information

Publisher
University of Mysore
Imprint Place
Mysore (India)
ISBN
978-81-952150-1-0
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the twenty third national symposium on radiation physics: innovations in radiation physics
Imprint Pagination
820 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 483-485

Conference

Title
23. national symposium on radiation physics - innovations in radiation physics
Acronym
NSRP-23
Dates
19-21 Jan 2023
Place
Mysore (India)

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