RADON CONCENTRATIONS AND GAMMA RADIATION ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF MUGLA, TURKEY
ROMANIAN REPORTS IN PHYSICS, sa.4, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Dergi Adı: ROMANIAN REPORTS IN PHYSICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In the present study, the indoor radon activity concentrations in air were measured by using the LR-115 solid state nuclear track detectors in 25 dwellings (chosen as 9 old and 16 new) in Mugla, Turkey. The indoor radon activity concentration values for old dwellings vary from 160.37 to 367.54 Bq/m(3) and for new dwellings from 79.83 to 347.41 Bq/m(3). Moreover, the gamma-ray activity measurements of 238U, Th-232 , K-40 and Cs-137 has been measured by using a HPGe detector for sand and sediment samples which were collected from Mugla. The activity concentration values for U-238, Th-232, K-40 , and Cs-137 vary from 5.6 to 72.6 Bq/kg, 2.26 to 38.03 Bq/kg, 79.54 to 867.48 Bq/kg and 0 to 1.42 Bq/kg, respectively. Most of the activity and effective dose values were within the limits of United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations (UNSCEAR) reports. In addition, a comparison between Mugla and other cities specified in the literature was also given.