Evaluation of radiation level and radon exhalation rate of rock samples from Mahd Ad Dahab mine in Saudi Arabia

Sroor, A.; Dawood, Nagia

doi:10.1080/10420150.2010.538925

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“…Figures (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) illustrate the radiological hazard indices obtained for the two mining areas of interest for this study.…”

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Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of Radon in Surface Soils from Gold Mining Areas

El-Halim

2022

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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Measurements of natural radioactivity in surface soils from a gold mining area were performed using aHPGe detector with a specially designed shield. Soil samples were collected from Um Garaiate mine in Southeastern area of Egypt and Mahd Ad-Dahab mine in Western of Al-Madina Al-Munawara area in Saudi Arabia. The obtained results of uranium and thorium series as well as potassium ( 40 K), were discussed. Radiological hazard indices in the gold mining area were found not to exceed the permissible limits. The Pearson correlation has shown a strong correlation between all radiological hazard indices with 226 Ra and 238 U, while a quite good correlation was obtained with 232 Th due to the fact that 238 U and 232 Th series are associated together in the natural and a negative correlation is with 40 K, as this isotope not decayed from 238 U and 232 Th series. The solid state nuclear track detector SSNTD (CR-39) was also used to measure the radon concentration, as well as the annual absorbed dose DRn, equivalent dose and effective dose to lungs. The results obtained in this study demonstrate that the mining activity at both um-Garaiate in Egypt and Mahd Ad-Dahab in Saudi Arabia, poses no significant radionuclide hazard to the miners and the public.

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“…Figures (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) illustrate the radiological hazard indices obtained for the two mining areas of interest for this study.…”

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“…Several publications deal with measuring the low levels of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the gold mining areas [5][6][7][8]. The gold mining affects the surrounding areas.…”

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Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of Radon in Surface Soils from Gold Mining Areas

El-Halim

2022

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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“…Average values of activity concentrations of 232 Th,226 Ra and 40 K in Bq/kg of granite samples from different countries of the world(30).…”

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Evaluation of radionuclide concentrations and associated radiological hazard in marble indices and granite used as building materials in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah

Mohamed

Algamdi

Al-shamani

2016

Journal of Taibah University for Science

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Sixty samples of different marble and granite tiles used as building materials, from local and foreign origins, were collected from different factories in the Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah region of Saudi Arabia. Natural radioactivity of the U-Th series and 40 K in the samples were measured using an HPGE detector to conduct gamma-ray spectrometry. From the measured ␥-ray spectra, the activity concentrations for different marble samples of Turkish, Egyptian, and Omani origin were 232 Th (0.10 ± 0.07, 0.9 ± 0.09, 0.31 ± 0.06 Bq/kg), 226 Ra (5.7 ± 0.3, 7.3 ± 0.40, 2.0 ± 0.1 Bq/kg), and 40 K (0.9 ± 0.2, 0.96 ± 0.1, 0.8 ± 0.09 Bq/kg),

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Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in Saudi Arabia: A Review

Alharbi

2024

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences

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Evaluation of radiation level and radon exhalation rate of rock samples from Mahd Ad Dahab mine in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 4 publications

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Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of Radon in Surface Soils from Gold Mining Areas

Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of Radon in Surface Soils from Gold Mining Areas

Evaluation of radionuclide concentrations and associated radiological hazard in marble indices and granite used as building materials in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah

Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in Saudi Arabia: A Review

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