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Concentrations of some radionuclides, including 137Cs, in desert truffles in Kuwait were studied and compared with similar samples from other countries in the Middle East, namely Iran, Egypt, and Tunisia. In addition, sand samples from Kuwait were assayed to calculate the transfer factor of the radionuclides under consideration. The measured concentrations of 40K, 226Ra, and 137Cs show that 137Cs is much higher in Egyptian samples, whereas 40K is much lower in samples from Tunisia. The average effective dose equivalent calculated for the Kuwaiti population according to their diet habits was found to be in the range 0.14-0.23 microSv/a. The results are compared with values from other countries.

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Angular distributions of gamma rays following the inelastic scattering of protons from Mn ss have been measured at proton energies below 2.50 MeV. The mixture multipole orders for the transition 983--~ 126 keV and 1,530--+ 0 in Mn ss have been obtained.

Angular distributions of 413 and 1,322keV gamma rays from the MnSS(p, n y) Fe 5s reaction and the (n--y) angular correlation measurements have been measured at proton energies below 2.50 MeV. The experimental results show agreement with the Sheldon formula. The multipole mixture parameters for the 933 and 1,322 keV gamma rays in Fe ss have been determined. The sum coincidence technique is used to give some information about the scheme of excited levels in the Fe 5s nucleus.

Total yields and angular distributions of 380 keV gamma rays from the Cr53 ( p , n y ) MnS3 reaction have been measured for proton energies below 2.5 MeV. The experimental results are in good agreement with predictions of the statistical compound-nucleus theory. The angular distributions of 560 keV gamma rays upon the proton inelastic scattering on C P at E, =. 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 MeV are isotropic, which is commensurate with a 'I2-assignment t o the first excited state of C P .

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