title: Radioactive contamination of the atmosphere of Cairo, Egypt, from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant accident.
abstract: Radioactive contamination in air dust particles of Cairo atmosphere from the Fukushima accident was detected by the gamma-ray spectroscopy technique. Analysis of the spectra obtained by using an High-Purity Germanium detector showed that there were some traces of (131)I and (134, 137)Cs. Estimate and study of concentration of those radionuclides were done over a period of about 5 months after the accident. Comparison with corresponding results in different countries all over the world has been performed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Physics Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. e_elsayed@sci.asu.edu.eg
authors.forename: S U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: El-Kameesy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salama
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D002947:Cities; D004534:Egypt; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D007564:Japan; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011868:Radioisotopes