| # | Class name |
Country Region |
Type of representative value Sample |
Radioactivity concentration | |||||
| U-238series | Th-232series | K-40 | |||||||
| U-238 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Ra-226 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Th-232 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Ra-228 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | K-40 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | |||||
| 1 Reference |
scale of oil |
BRAZIL exploration unit of Sergipe and Alagoas |
median 12 | ||||||
| 2 Reference |
scale of oil |
BRAZIL petroleum industry |
median (calcurated by NIRS) 5 | ||||||
| 3 Reference |
scale of oil |
BRAZIL Campos Basin oilfield operator |
mean 18 | ||||||
| 4 Reference |
scale of oil |
D CONGO oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 5 Reference |
scale of oil |
D CONGO oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 6 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 7 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 8 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 9 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 10 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 11 Reference |
scale of oil |
ITALY oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 12 Reference |
scale of oil |
SU ARAB Riyadh City Refinery |
mean 5 | ||||||
| 13 Reference |
scale of oil |
SU ARAB Riyadh City Refinery |
mean 4 | ||||||
| 14 Reference |
scale of oil |
SYRIA oilfield |
mean 152 | ||||||
| 15 Reference |
scale of oil |
TUNISIA oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 16 Reference |
scale of oil |
TUNISIA oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 17 Reference |
scale of oil |
TUNISIA oil gas production plant |
single 1 | ||||||
| 18 Reference |
scale of oil |
USA petroleum exploration and production site (Oklahoma) |
mean 10 | ||||||
| 19 Reference |
scale of oil |
USA petroleum exploration and production site (Texas) |
mean 20 | ||||||
| 20 Reference |
scale of oil |
USA petroleum exploration and production site (Kentucky) |
mean 10 | ||||||