Author:
Ehsanpour Elham,Abdi Mohammad Reza,Mostajaboddavati Mojtaba,Bagheri Hashem
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The radiological quality of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in some samples of water resources collected in Anarak-Khour a desertic area, Iran has been measured by direct gamma ray spectroscopy using high purity germanium detector in this paper.
Result
The concentration ranged from ≤0.5 to 9701 mBq/L for 226Ra; ≤0.2 to 28215 mBq/L for 232Th and < MDA to 10332 mBq/L for 40K. The radium equivalent activity was well below the defined limit of 370Bq/L. The calculated external hazard indices were found to be less than 1 which shows a low dose.
Conclusion
These results can be contributed to the database of this area because it may be used as disposal sites of nuclear waste in future.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Pollution,Waste Management and Disposal,Water Science and Technology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Environmental Engineering
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