scholarly journals Determination of the natural radioactivity in Qatarian building materials using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry

2011 ◽  
Vol 652 (1) ◽  
pp. 915-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huda Al-Sulaiti ◽  
N. Alkhomashi ◽  
N. Al-Dahan ◽  
M. Al-Dosari ◽  
D.A. Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Natural Radioactivity ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
High Resolution Gamma

Determination of the natural radioactivity levels in north west of Dukhan, Qatar using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 1344-1350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huda Al-Sulaiti ◽  
Tabassum Nasir ◽  
K.S. Al Mugren ◽  
N. Alkhomashi ◽  
N. Al-Dahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Natural Radioactivity ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
North West ◽  
Radioactivity Levels ◽  
High Resolution Gamma

scholarly journals Determination of the activity concentration levels of the artificial radionuclide137Cs in soil samples collected from Qatar using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 1660237
Author(s):  
Huda Al-Sulaiti ◽  
Tabassum Nasir ◽  
K. S. Al Mugren ◽  
N. Alkhomashi ◽  
N. Al-Dahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Activity Concentration ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Germanium Detector ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometry ◽  
Activity Concentrations ◽  
High Resolution Gamma

The goal of this study was to establish the first baseline measurements for radioactivity concentration of the artificial radionuclide [Formula: see text]Cs in soil samples collected from the Qatarian peninsula. The work focused on the determination of the activity concentrations levels of man-made radiation in 129 soil samples collected across the landscape of the State of Qatar. All the samples were collected before the most recent accident in Japan, “the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident”. The activity concentrations have been measured via high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry using a hyper-pure germanium detector situated in a low-background environment with a copper inner-plated passive lead shield. A radiological map showing the activity concentrations of [Formula: see text]Cs is presented in this work. The concentration was[Formula: see text]found to range from 0.21 to 15.41 Bq/kg. The highest activity concentration of [Formula: see text]Cs was observed in sample no. 26 in North of Qatar. The mean value was found to be around 2.15 ± 0.27 Bq/kg. These values lie within the expected range relative to the countries in the region. It is expected that this contamination is mainly due to the Chernobyl accident on 26 April 1986, but this conclusion cannot be confirmed because of the lack of data before this accident.

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