Investigation of radioactivity concentrations and soil-to-plant transfer factors in soil samples taken from different distance zones to the Metsamor nuclear power plant-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Investigation of radioactivity concentrations and soil-to-plant transfer factors in soil samples taken from different distance zones to the Metsamor nuclear power plant

Published:2024-05-30 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0033-8230
Container-title:Radiochimica Acta
language:en
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Author:

Dizman Serdar¹,Sari Selim²^ORCID,Yesilkanat Cafer Mert³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences , Recep Tayyip Erdogan University , 53100 , Rize , Türkiye

2. Institute of Graduate Studies , Recep Tayyip Erdogan University , 53100 , Rize , Türkiye

3. Science Teaching Department , Artvin Çoruh University , 08100 Artvin , Türkiye

Abstract

Abstract Monitoring radioactivity around nuclear power plants is important to avoid the risks of radiation. This study provides an overview of the radioactive emission impact on the near surroundings of the Metsamor nuclear power plant in Armenia. In this context, 29 soil samples were collected from the 40, 80, 120, 160 km radius areas determined in the direction of Iğdır province by accepting the Metsamor nuclear power plant as the center. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs in soil samples ranged from 7.90 to 23.44, 7.11 to 33.55, 132.54 to 502.69 and 0.33 to 17.61 Bq/kg, respectively. In addition, the radioactivity concentrations in some agricultural products and the transfer factors from soil to plant were determined. As a result, there is no significant radiological risk in terms of studied radioisotopes for people living in this region.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ract-2024-0291/pdf

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