COMPARISON OF GAMMA ABSORBED DOSE RATES IN THE AIR MEASURED WITH A PORTABLE SURVEY METER AND THE SOIL RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

COMPARISON OF GAMMA ABSORBED DOSE RATES IN THE AIR MEASURED WITH A PORTABLE SURVEY METER AND THE SOIL RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS

Published:2022-10-07 Issue:20 Volume:198 Page:1529-1539
ISSN:0144-8420
Container-title:Radiation Protection Dosimetry
language:en
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Author:

Lee Hae Young¹²³,Maeng Seongjin¹²⁴^ORCID,Park Seong Jin¹²⁵,Lee Sang Hoon¹²³

Affiliation:

1. School of Architectural , Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, , Daehak-ro 80, Bukgu, Daegu 41566 , the Republic of Korea

2. Kyungpook National University , Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, , Daehak-ro 80, Bukgu, Daegu 41566 , the Republic of Korea

3. Radiation Science Research Institute, Kyungpook National University , Daehak ro 80, Bukgu, Daegu 41566 , the Republic of Korea

4. Center for High Energy Physics, Kyungpook National University , Daehak-ro 80, Bukgu, Daegu 41566 , the Republic of Korea

5. Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety , Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13493 , South Korea

Abstract

Abstract To compare the measurement results of a portable survey meter with a soil-based dose rate assessment method, the gamma absorbed dose rates in the air were measured at 27 sites. The soil-based gamma absorbed dose rates in the air were calculated using established conversion factors and the activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K of the soil at the sites. The gamma absorbed dose rate averages of the portable survey meter, and computing from the activity concentrations in the soil were 65.8 ± 4.26 and 64.8 ± 3.68 nGy⋅h−1, respectively. A significant positive correlation was found in the comparison between the evaluated gamma absorbed dose rates from soil radioactivity and in the air. Conversion factors based on the local soils converting to the absorbed dose rate were computed from the portable survey meter data and the soil activity concentrations, and it was compared with others.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Link

https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article-pdf/198/20/1529/47658774/ncac195.pdf

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