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This research was financially supported by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia under grant number (DIP-2020-022) and Lynas Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (ST-2018-014). The authors express gratitude to the staffs of the Nuclear Science Program, UKM for their technical support throughout the research.
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