Cancer mortality in Guarapari, Espiríto Santo State, Brazil, with areas of high natural radioactivity [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023 Guarapari, a municipality of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, reported higher mortality rates for the most common cancers from 1996 to 2000. This municipality has beaches with high natural radioactivity.
Rafael Gonçalves Ferreira +5 more
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Characteristics of the natural radioactivity of the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea Region participating in the BSUIN and EUL projects [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2022 Underground laboratories (ULs) offer more and more opportunities for their usage. Still, one of the most critical parameters describing ULs is their natural radioactivity.
K. Szkliniarz
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Measurement and Mitigation of Radon Concentration in a Traditional Dwelling in Galicia, Spain
Atmosphere, 2021 Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas which tends to build up within structures. It is therefore necessary to include techniques to mitigate radon concentration when undertaking refurbishment.
Ricardo Pol +3 more
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Journal of Economic Geology, 2021 Introduction The Neyshabour Turquoise Mine is located at 55 km North West of Neyshabour in latitude of E58◦, 23ꞌꞌ and longitude of N36◦, 23ꞌꞌ. This area is situated at the Cenozoic continental magmatic arc in the north of Sabzevar ophiolite sequence and
Alireza Mazloumi Bajestani, Akram Fahim
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Identifying the Presence of Natural Radionuclides in Ashlar Samples
Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021 Humans have always been exposed to different types of natural and cosmic radiation. At present we experience 83 % natural radiation, for example from granite marbles, building materials such as concrete, brick, granite, or drywall.
Arenas Elfer +5 more
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Temporal trends of 137Cs activity concentration in pond waters in the vicinity of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2019 Closed and semi-closed water bodies, such as lakes and ponds, are important water resources in Fukushima area and they are the most sensitive environments to radioactive contamination after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident. Wakiyama et
Y. Wakiyama +7 more
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Assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioning nuclear power plant in Italy [PDF]
, 2012 The assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioning Nuclear Power Plant is presented here through the results of an environmental monitoring survey carried out in the area surrounding the Garigliano Power Plant.
D'Onofrio, A. +9 more
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Bedrock radioactivity influences the rate and spectrum of mutation
eLife, 2020 All organisms on Earth are exposed to low doses of natural radioactivity but some habitats are more radioactive than others. Yet, documenting the influence of natural radioactivity on the evolution of biodiversity is challenging.
Nathanaëlle Saclier +9 more
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Natural radioactivity content in various building materials of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Radiation Protection and Environment, 2022 Natural radioactivity content in different types of building materials obtained from Chennai city has been determined. In this study, the most commonly used building materials such as clay bricks, cement, sediment, tiles, marbles, and granite have been ...
K S Lakshmi +2 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2023 Adequate information on external exposure is often a limiting factor in ecological risk assessments because of a lack of exposure data for free-ranging animals as they interact with a heterogeneous distribution of contaminants.
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