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- Title
Radon Risk Assessment and Dose Rates in Hekimhan and Kuluncak (Malatya, Turkey) Soil Samples.
- Authors
Kayakökü, Halime; Kuluöztürk, Muhammed Fatih
- Abstract
In the present study, the radon concentrations in soil samples collected from different locations close to mineral deposits in Hekimhan and Kuluncak districts (Malatya, Turkey) were investigated. Track densities were determined by sealed can technique using CR-39 passive nuclear track detectors. In the study, in addition to radon concentrations, radon exhalation rates, effective radium contents, and annual effective dose rates (external) were calculated in soil samples. The mean values for radon concentrations, radon exhalation rates, effective radium contents, and annual effective dose rates (external) were obtained as 1226.73 ± 24.28 Bq/m3, 0.93 ± 0.02 Bq/m2 h, 0.57 ± 0.08 Bq/kg h, 17.44 ± 0.15 Bq/kg, and 11.61 ± 0.23 mSv/y, respectively. The radon concentrations and annual effective dose rates were found to be above the internationally permissible limits, while the effective radium contents, area and mass radon exhalation rates were within the internationally permissible limits. The results obtained in this study were, in general, higher than in other similar studies.
- Subjects
SOIL air; RADON; SOIL sampling; NUCLEAR track detectors; ELECTRON spin resonance dating; RISK assessment; ORE deposits
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2023, Vol 234, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-023-06115-z