Assessments of radioactivity concentration of natural radionuclides and radiological hazard indices in sediment samples from the East coast of Tamilnadu, India with statistical approach

Ravisankar, R.; Chandramohan, J.; Chandrasekaran, A.; Jebakumar, J. Prince Prakash; Vijayalakshmi, I.; Vijayagopal, P; Venkatraman, B.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.058

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“…For each geological feature, the standard deviation is less than the mean value. Therefore, the statistics indicate high degree of uniformity in the distribution of the dose rates for each geological feature (Ravisankar et al, 2015). The highest mean dose rate 289 nGy h -1 was observed with geological type younger granite, this is in agreement with similar studies conducted by M. Furukawa (1993) and Lai, Hu, Minato, Kodaira, and Tan (1999) whom reported highest dose rate over granitic regions in Japan.…”

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Geological influence on the terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate in Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Abba¹,

Abdulsalam²

2018

Bayero J. Pure App. Sci.

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Natural environmental terrestrial gamma radiation dose (TGRD) rate measurements have been carried out across the geological formations of Jos Plateau, Nigeria. External gamma radiation dose rates ranged between 11 and 714 nGy h TGRD levels and geological type was determined. Statistical comparative method one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the TGRD means for the various results revealed in some instances, significant differences among the mean values of TGRD rates for the different underlying geological structures. Annual effective dose and collective effective dose for the general public due to exp mSv y -1 and 1.20x10 2 mSv y -1 , respectively. Isodose map for exposure rate due to TGRD wasplotted using ArcGIS software. The results will serve as database for natural background radiation for the country.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 88%

Geological influence on the terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate in Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Abba¹,

Abdulsalam²

2018

Bayero J. Pure App. Sci.

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“…The average numerical values of those parameters vary with the age of the population and the climate at the location considered. In the UNSCEAR report, the committee used 0.7 Sv/Gy for the conversion coefficient from absorbed doses in the air to the effective dose received by adults and 0.8 for the indoor occupancy factor, i.e., the fraction of time spent indoors and outdoors is 0.8 and 0.2, respectively [28]. The resulting worldwide average of the annual effective dose is 0.48 mSv, with the results for individual countries being generally within the range of 0.3-0.6 mSv.…”

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Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Alshahri

El-Taher

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…From the comparison Table 1, the 238 U activity was low compared with previous studies by Kannan et al [30], SureshGandhi et al [59] and Ajithra and Shanthi [3], whereas the 232 Th activity was high from the previous studies by Bukhari [15], Ramasamy et al [47], Sivakumar et al [54] and Ravisankar et al [48]. But the present study 40 K activity observed high from the previous studies by Punniyakotti and Ponnusamy [41], Raja [43], Bukhari [15], Ramasamy et al [47] and Ajithra and Shanthi [3].…”

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Application of multivariate technique to evaluate spatial distribution of natural radionuclides along Tamil Nadu coastline, east coast of India

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The study focuses on the spatial mapping of naturally occurring radionuclides along entire Tamil Nadu coast, which constitute nearly 30% of the east coast of India. In view of this, a total of 37 beach sediment samples are collected, and spectral measurement was carried out by High Purity Germanium detector. The average activity concentrations were found to be in the range of 34.33 ± 32.94 Bq kg −1 for 238 U, 51.55 ± 40.39 Bq kg −1 for 238 Th and 282.59 ± 84.45 Bq kg −1 for 40 K. The contour maps showed the spatial distributions of each radionuclide and were drawn using the kriging method. Box-whisker plot shows the variation of activity concentrations of radionuclides, which follows the order 40 K > 232 Th > 238 U in all the sediment samples. To understand the complex relationships among the radioactive variables and its environmental classifications, a multivariate statistical technique such as correlation matrices, and cluster analysis were applied to the radioactive data sets.

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Assessments of radioactivity concentration of natural radionuclides and radiological hazard indices in sediment samples from the East coast of Tamilnadu, India with statistical approach

Cited by 173 publications

References 38 publications

Geological influence on the terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate in Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Geological influence on the terrestrial gamma radiation dose rate in Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Application of multivariate technique to evaluate spatial distribution of natural radionuclides along Tamil Nadu coastline, east coast of India

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