Assessment of natural radioactivity level of soil and water in the region of corlu (Turkey)

MANİSA K., ERDOĞAN M., Usluer A., ÇETİNKAYA H., Isik U., Sahin L., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, cilt.329, sa.3, ss.1213-1221, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 329 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10967-021-07906-6
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Analytical Abstracts, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1213-1221
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Annual effective dose, corlu region, Gamma spectrometry, Natural radioactivity, ENVIRONMENTAL-RADIOACTIVITY, DOSE-RATES, SAMPLES, SAFAGA, RADON
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The activity concentrations of Rn-222 with an AlphaGUARD system in well having different depths and in natural spring waters were measured to assess the natural radioactivity level of the corlu region. The measured concentrations varied from 22.04 to 63.92 Bq L-1 for 6 well water samples, 15.38-24.33 Bq L-1 for 6 spring water samples. The activity concentrations from U-238, Th-232 and K-40 in 11 soil samples collected from the same region were also determined and the outdoor gamma dose rates at 1 m above the surface at the same sampling points were measured. The results obtained in this study lie within safe limits recommended by WHO and UNSCEAR with the exception of the mean specific activity of K-40 radionuclide.