An Analysis for Distribution of Natural Radionuclides in Soil, Sand and Sediment of Potenga Sea Beach Area of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52083#.VIpmg8nQrzE Author(s) Sabina Yasmin 1,2* , Bijoy Sonker Barua 2 , Masud Kamal 2 , Md. Abdur Rashid 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh . 2 Atomic Energy Centre, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Chittagong, Bangladesh . ABSTRACT A HPGe (High Purity Germanium) detector based, low background gamma-ray counting system was used for activity measurement in soil, sand and sediment samples collected from Potenga sea beach area of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The specific radioactivities of Radium ( 226 Ra), Thorium ( 232 Th) and Potassium ( 40 K) were me...