Uranium, radium and radon measurements in the environs of Nurpur area, Himachal Himalayas, India.
LR-115 plastic track detectors have been used for the measurement of radon exhalation rate and radium concentration in soil and rock samples from Nurpur and its adjoining areas of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India. Uranium concentration is also determined in these samples using fission track technique. The work is undertaken to explore the possibility of uranium prospection and health risk assessments due to uranium and radium in the study area. A positive correlation has been observed between uranium and radon exhalation rate in soil and rocks.
Singh
Surinder
S
Department of Physics, G.N.D.U, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India. surinder51@yahoo.com
Sharma
Dinesh Kumar
DK
Dhar
Sunil
S
Kumar
Arvind
A
Kumar
Ajay
A
D007194:India; D008906:Mining; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis*
D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium; D011886:Radon; D011883:Radium