Investigation of the natural occurring radioactive material (NORM) in the cyprinus carpio fishes breeding in artificial lakes of Baghdad governorate
Other Title(s)
التحري عن النظائر المشعة طبيعية المنشأ في أسماك الكارب التي تتربى في البحيرات الاصطناعية لمحافظة بغداد
Joint Authors
Abd al-Muhsin, Zahra Ali
al-Zubaydi, Fawzi Shanawah
Shafiq, Shafiq Shakir
Source
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 31 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.108-115, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Science
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The steady consumption of fish led many researchers to study it preferences over other foods, especially for radioactivity content.
The specific activity concentration (S.A) of natural occurring radioactive materials (NORM) have been measured for Cyprinus carpio fishes collected from several industrial fishes' lakes located in Baghdad governorate using gamma spectroscopy doped with high purity germanium coaxial detector (HPGe).
Thirteen fishes' samples were collected from industrial lakes, three samples were collected from cages, and two samples were collected from Trigger River.
The last two types of samples were collected in order to compare the results with it.
The measured overall averages of S.A for Ra-226, Th-232, and K-40 were 58.9 Bq/kg, 14.1 Bq/kg, and 388.6 Bq/kg, respectively.
Some radiation health hazard indices have been estimated, such as the annual effective ingestion dose for an adult member of the public due to the intake of radionuclide through ingestion of fish (H).
The results of H showed that the cage fish is better than river fishes and lakes fishes.
However, the results of S.A and H strongly suggested that the studied fish is safe to use for human consumption from radiological point of view.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Zubaydi, Fawzi Shanawah& Shafiq, Shafiq Shakir& Abd al-Muhsin, Zahra Ali. 2016. Investigation of the natural occurring radioactive material (NORM) in the cyprinus carpio fishes breeding in artificial lakes of Baghdad governorate. Iraqi Journal of Physics،Vol. 14, no. 31, pp.108-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722666
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Zubaydi, Fawzi Shanawah…[et al.]. Investigation of the natural occurring radioactive material (NORM) in the cyprinus carpio fishes breeding in artificial lakes of Baghdad governorate. Iraqi Journal of Physics Vol. 14, no. 31 (2016), pp.108-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722666
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Zubaydi, Fawzi Shanawah& Shafiq, Shafiq Shakir& Abd al-Muhsin, Zahra Ali. Investigation of the natural occurring radioactive material (NORM) in the cyprinus carpio fishes breeding in artificial lakes of Baghdad governorate. Iraqi Journal of Physics. 2016. Vol. 14, no. 31, pp.108-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-722666
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 115
Record ID
BIM-722666