Environmental 238U and 232Th concentration measurements in an area of high level natural background radiation at Palong, Johor, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ramli, Ahmad Termizi, Hussein, A. W. M. A., Wood, A. Khalik
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12436/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.06.008
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Concentrations of uranium-238 and thorium-232 in soil, water, grass, moss and oil-palm fruit samples collected from an area of high background radiation were determined using neutron activation analysis (NAA). U-238 concentration in soil ranged from 4.9 mg kg-1 (58.8 Bq kg-1) to 40.4 mg kg-1 (484.8...