Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Alpha and Beta Activity Concentration at Al-Tuwaitha Site, Baghdad

Detecting the relations between meteorological elements and alpha and beta activity concentration at Al-Tuwaitha site, Baghdad

“…This facility as the source of radioactive rays has a potentially significant amounts of wastes which cause radiological contamination of the site and surrounding areas around it by dispersing radionuclides attached on aerosols and water vapors (Interational Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], 2012). Such contamination has adverse effects on human health, plants and animals especially when decaying radioactive materials which emit energetic charged particles such as alpha, beta, gamma or neutron radiation according to the radio-isotope existing (Reiman, 2002;Shahbazi-Gahrouei, Gholami & Setayandeh, 2013;Nassif, Wahab, Al-Jiboori & Ali, 2020). Thus, their concentrations in surface air is mainly affected by emissions fine particles resulting from the variations of atmospheric conditions: strong solar insulation, high wind speed, wind direction changes and air stability.…”

“…In recent decade and based on the average bulk mass or surface concentration, some local and international studies were assessed the radioactive level at Al--Tuwaitha site by taking some samples for different places from its soil, plant and even air (Jarjies, Abbas, Fernandes, Wong & Coates, 2013;Mansour, Al-Bakhat & Karkosh, 2017;Salih et al, 2018;Nassif et al, 2020). In present research, we reanalyze alpha and beta activity concentration measurements published in the reference of (Salih et al, 2018) to explore the relationships between these concentrations and meteorological elements.…”