Radioactive investigation of NORM samples from Southern Kuwait soil using high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy》.pdf

Radiation Physics and Chemistry 116 (2015) 305–311 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Radiation Physics and Chemistry journal homepage: /locate/radphyschem Radioactive investigation of NORM samples from Southern Kuwait soil using high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy A.D. Bajoga a,b,n, N. Alazemi a,c, P.H. Regan a,d, D.A. Bradley a,e a Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK b Department of Physics, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria c Environmental Radiation Protection Laboratory, Qadesiyah, PO Box 16087, Kuwait d National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK e Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia H I G H L I G H T S 40 K is the major contributor to the total radiation dose. Activity concentration and dose values are consistent with previous studies. All results are above world minimum but below world average values. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Activity concentrations of soil and sand samples from southern part of Kuwait have been deduced for Received 1 September 2014 members of the 238U(226Ra) and 232Th(228Ac) decay chains, together with initial evaluations also pro- Received in revised form vided of the concentrations for members of the 235U, 4n þ 1 chain. Additional activity concentration 27 January 2015 measurements have also been established for the single primordial radionuclide 40K and the anthro- Accepted 30 January 2015