Level of natural and artificial radioactivity in Algeria

Historical reconstruction of Plutonium contamination in the Swiss-Italian Alps

“…At the end of 2009, the French parliament approved a law to compensate the victims of the nuclear tests in Algeria and Polynesia, admitting that the health consequences of testing were not negligible. In addition to the serious health effects suffered by the local populations and the military personnel involved, the nuclear fallout contaminated adjacent soils and consequently remobilized desert dust (Baggoura et al, 1998). Since soil scouring by atmospheric wet deposition is very limited in the arid Saharan region, fine radioactive particles can remain in the upper crust for very long times and then be remobilized by winds for transport over long distances.…”

Radioactivity Investigation of Sediment Samples from Beni Haroun Dam Using High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

“…In order to obtain the information about the present levels of environmental radioactivity, various studies were carried out in many countries [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. In the current work, sediment samples were collected near Beni Haroun Dam.…”

Impact of potential40K contamination of aquatic resources by waste water from oil

“…This could pose a serious threat, especially in desert regions where water is precious. Such contamination could originate from constant attrition of the earth's crust that contains natural radioactive materials [2][3][4]. This investigation focused on the potential threat to aquatic resources by elevated levels of potassium-40 ( 40 K) in waste water from oil.…”