Determination of radon concentrations in soil around al-Tuwaitha site using CR-39 detector

Joint Authors

Sharif, Najla R.
Ahmad, Ghazlan S.
Mahdi, Khalid H.
Subhi, Adi Tariq

Source

Engineering and Technology Journal

Publisher

University of Technology

Publication Date

2018-02-28

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Agriculture

English Abstract

In this work radon concentration in 37 soil samples collected from 17 regions surround the (Al Tuwaitha) were measured by using solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD.s) CR-39 with natural exposure of one month, and by comparison with standard samples.

The radon concentration in the soil samples was about (9.583 ± 0.369 28.029 ± 0.631) Bq/m3 in locations one (Rotate Salman) and eight (An area agricultural near high-voltage towers) respectively, with rate of (20.939 ± 0.541) Bq/m3.

The specific activity of radium (Ra) dissolved during generate radon were ranging between (9.857 – 3.37) Bq.kg-1, with rate of (7.393) Bq.kg-1, surface emission of radon gas rate in the soil was found between (0.144 – 0.422 Bq/m2.h) with rate of (0.314 Bq/m2.h) and their mass emission of radon gas rate has the highest value of (0.016 Bq / kg .

h) and lower value (0.005 Bq / kg .

h) with rate of (0.012 Bq / kg .

h.

These results are within the acceptable limit that recorded by UNECEAR and ICRP.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-839459

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