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- Title
The current status of natural and artificial radiation in İstanbul 36 years after chernobyl, preceding a potential nuclear threat.
- Authors
Günay, Osman; Özden, Selin; Aközcan Pehlivanoğlu, Serpil
- Abstract
In this study, the current status of natural and artificial radioactivity levels in soil samples from the Büyükçekmece and Silivri districts of Istanbul, as well as the Marmara Ereğlisi district in Tekirdağ, has been determined in anticipation of a potential nuclear leakage (e.g. the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant). Twenty soil samples were collected from the study area, and the radioactivity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were measured using an HPGe detector. The average concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were found to be 26 ± 2, 30 ± 2, 540 ± 29, 0.55 ± 0.07 Bq kg−1, respectively.
- Subjects
BACKGROUND radiation; GAMMA ray spectrometry; NATURAL radioactivity; GERMANIUM radiation detectors; SOIL pollution
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2024, Vol 333, Issue 8, p3819
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-024-09539-x