Determination of dose rates from natural radionuclides in dental materials

2006 ◽  
Vol 91 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Veronese ◽  
G. Guzzi ◽  
A. Giussani ◽  
M.C. Cantone ◽  
D. Ripamonti
Keyword(s):  
Natural Radionuclides ◽  
Dental Materials ◽  
Dose Rates

scholarly journals Determination of Activity Concentration of Natural Radionuclides and Radiation Hazards’ Assessment of Building Materials in High Background Radiation Areas of Homa and Ruri, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Willis Otieno Gor Odongo ◽  
Margaret Chege ◽  
Nadir Hashim ◽  
Shinji Tokonami ◽  
Kranrod Chutima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Activity Concentration ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
Natural Radionuclides ◽  
High Background ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Radium Equivalent ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
The One

The areas around Homa and Ruri hills in Homa Bay County in Kenya are associated with high background radiation levels. The activity concentration of the natural radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th, and 40K) in earthen building materials used in the areas of Homa and Ruri hills has been measured using a NaI (Tl) detector in this work. The measured values of radioactivity concentrations are used to estimate the associated radiological risk. The earthen building material samples from Ruri registered relatively high 232Th concentration values averaging 1094 ± 55 Bq/kg, nearly three times those of the samples from Homa. 226Ra level was not significantly different in both regions with Homa reporting 129 ± 10 Bq/kg and Ruri 111 ± 6 Bq/kg. 40K was however higher in the samples from Homa by an approximate factor of 2 relative to those from Ruri where the activity concentration was 489 ± 24 Bq/kg. The radium equivalents for 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in the samples from Ruri were 111 ± 9, 1564 ± 125, and 38 ± 3 Bq/kg, while in Homa, the values were 129 ± 10, 570 ± 46, and 69 ± 5 Bq/kg, respectively. The calculated value of total radium equivalent in Ruri was 1713 ± 137 Bq/kg which was two times higher than that of Homa. 232Th contributed about 74% and 91% to the total radium equivalent in Homa and Ruri, respectively; thus, it was the one with the largest contribution to radiation exposure in both regions. The average indoor annual effective dose rates were 1.74 ± 0.14 and 3.78 ± 0.30 mSv/y in Homa and Ruri, respectively, both of which were above the recommended safety limit of 1 mSv/y.

scholarly journals Analysis of the 40K levels in soil using gamma spectrometry

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (spe2) ◽  
pp. 221-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Araújo dos Santos Júnior ◽  
Jorge João Ricardo Ferreira Cardoso ◽  
Cleomacio Miguel da Silva ◽  
Suêldo Vita Silveira ◽  
Romilton dos Santos Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Spectrometry ◽  
Absorbed Dose ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Spectrometry Method ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Elemental Concentrations ◽  
High Purity Germanium ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Potassium 40

Potassium-40 was determined in soil in an area with 40,000 m² situated in the western State of Pernambuco, Brazil. For radiometric measurements, the gamma spectrometry method with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector was used. Sampling of 78 soil samples has been performed at intervals of 25 m. The specific activities of 40K were calculated based on the photopeak of 1.46 MeV. Values from 541 to 3,572 Bq kg-1 were obtained (mean of 1,827 Bq kg-1). These values allowed the determination of the elemental concentrations as well as the absorbed dose rates in air, 1 m above the ground. The values varied from 1.7 to 11.5% (mean of 6%) and from 23.4 to 154.3 nGy h-1 (mean of 79 nGy h-1), respectively.

γ-Spectrometric determination of the content of natural radionuclides in natural waters

Atomic Energy ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mukhamedov ◽  
G. V. Poteshkin ◽  
U. S. Salikhbaev ◽  
T. Khazratov ◽  
A. A. Dorofeev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Waters ◽  
Natural Radionuclides

Determination of Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Hazard Associated with Sediments Sourced from Ogunpa River Channels, Ibadan, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
N N Jibiri ◽  
S O Egwu ◽  
N E Adesiji
Keyword(s):  
Building Material ◽  
Natural Radionuclides ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
River Channels ◽  
Activity Concentrations ◽  
Soils And Sediments ◽  
Radium Equivalent ◽  
Radiological Safety ◽  
Radiological Health

Abstract The natural radionuclides content and radiological assessment of sediments of the Ogunpa waste-water channel were evaluated to ascertain the radiological safety of the sediments as a building material. The mean activity concentrations of 40K, 226Ra and 232Th in Bq kg−1 were found to be 171 ± 69, 11 ± 5 and 10 ± 4, respectively. The overall mean radium equivalent 29 ± 13 Bq kg−1 was <370 Bq kg−1 that can give the maximum recommended dose of 1 mSv to the general public. The activity concentrations of the radionuclides were all less than world average for soils and sediments. Thus, the use of the sediments from the Ogunpa water channel as building material is safe and would not pose any significant radiological health hazards.

scholarly journals Spatial distribution of gamma radiation dose rates from natural radionuclides and its radiological hazards in sediments along river Iju, Ogun state Nigeria

MethodsX ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 101086
Author(s):  
Omeje Maxwell ◽  
Adewoyin Olusegun O. ◽  
Joel Emmanuel S. ◽  
Ikechukwu Ijeh B. ◽  
Omeje Uchechukwu A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Radiation Dose ◽  
Gamma Radiation ◽  
Natural Radionuclides ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Radiological Hazards ◽  
Gamma Radiation Dose

Determination of Dose Rates from Beta Transmission Currents

1960 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1826-1826
Author(s):  
Arthur Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Dose Rates
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