Radioactivity levels of 238U and 232Th, the α and β activities and associated dose rates from surface soil in Ulu Tiram, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, A.T, Ramli, Ahmad Termizi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Akadémiai Kiadó, co-published with Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V. 2007
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7584/1/Ramli_Ahmad_Tarmizi_2006_Radioactivity_Levels_U_Th_Activities.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7584/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0926-2
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A survey was carried out to determine terrestrial gammaradiation dose rates, the concentration level of 238U and 232Th and α and β activities for the surface soil in Ulu Tiram, Malaysia A 125 measurements were performed using a NaI(T1) gamma-ray detector with crystal size of 1″ × 1″ on 15 soi...