Published 2018 | Version v1
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Assessment of natural radioactivity and other radiological parameters in soils around Hosur town, Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu

Creators

  • 1. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

Hosur is an industrial town in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu with population about 1.9 lakhs in urban agglomeration. Red loamy and sandy soils are predominant soils in this region. In ceramic industry, zircon sand is a commonly used raw material, which contain excess radioactivity than surface soil. A study has been attempted to find out activity levels of U(nat.), 226Ra, 232Th and 40K and other radiological parameters in soils collected around Hosur area. The generated data can be served as baseline for this area for future comparison and epidemiological study purposes if when it is required

Part of:
Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment: book of abstracts

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indian Association for Radiation Protection
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment: book of abstracts
Imprint Pagination
314 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 169

Conference

Title
33. IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment
Acronym
IARPIC-2018
Dates
16-20 Jan 2018
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
49034778
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASS TRANSFER; MONITORING; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Notes
2 refs., 1 fig.