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The authors are thankful to the Director, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INST) and Head, Health Physics and Radioactive Waste Management Unit (HPRWMU), Atomic Energy Research. Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar Dhaka, Bangladesh. The first author is especially grateful to Shamima Nasrin and Arun Kumar Deb for their kind cooperation during this study.
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