Determination of natural radioactivity material concentrations consumed widely during Corona pandemic in Thi Qar province

Hassan, Salah J.; Rashid, Jabbar M.

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2021.08.243

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“…International organizations have recommended monitoring the radioactive environment through continuous surveying, documentation, and reporting of soil to ensure control over potential changes [5]. As a result, researchers from all over the world are very interested in measuring natural radioactivity and assessing the health impact of radionuclides on humans [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Determination of the Natural Radioactivity and Heavy Elements from Some Soil Samples

2024

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Soil samples were collected from various regions of Baghdad, Iraq's capital, and the activity concentration was determined using a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th,) Bq/Kg, (11.13-12.00) Bq/Kg, and (108.12-213.45) Bq/Kg, respectively. Radium equivalent activity, internal and external hazard indices, air absorbed dose rate, and annual effective doses have been calculated to find the radiological effects. The parameters were found to be less than the reported values. As a result, the radioactivity in the study area presents no radiological risk to the public. Finally, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) was used to determine the concentration elements of uranium and thorium in soil samples; the average concentration elements are (11.13-12.00) with uranium and (11.13-12.00) with thorium.

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Determination of the Natural Radioactivity and Heavy Elements from Some Soil Samples

2024

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A short overview of radioactivity measurement studies in Uzbekistan

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Natural radioactivity is a public health issue that affects people all around the world. Environmental radioactivity accounts for approximately 87% of the radiation dose received by human beings. The primary external source of irradiation to the human body is gamma radiation emitted by naturally occurring radioisotopes such as 40K and radionuclides from the 232Th and 238U families, as well as their decay products, which exist at trace amounts in all ground formations. The establishment of baseline data for environmental radiological studies is of great importance for the assessment of environmental radiological levels in Uzbekistan and related studies on human health risks. The current study aimed to describe the research state of the art on natural radioactivity in Uzbekistan with emphasis on results obtained during the last 20 years. NaI (Tl) and High Purity Germanium HPGe detectors were employed in most conducted studies. The results showed that data for natural radionuclide activity were below international standards in all but a few areas. The research results of this paper can play a good guidance and reference role in the planning of such research in the future.

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Determination of natural radioactivity material concentrations consumed widely during Corona pandemic in Thi Qar province

Cited by 2 publications

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Determination of the Natural Radioactivity and Heavy Elements from Some Soil Samples

Determination of the Natural Radioactivity and Heavy Elements from Some Soil Samples

A short overview of radioactivity measurement studies in Uzbekistan

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