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- Title
COMPARISON OF GAMMA ABSORBED DOSE RATES IN THE AIR MEASURED WITH A PORTABLE SURVEY METER AND THE SOIL RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS.
- Authors
Lee, Hae Young; Maeng, Seongjin; Park, Seong Jin; Lee, Sang Hoon
- 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.
- Subjects
SOIL surveys; RADIOACTIVITY measurements; SOIL mapping; ABSORBED dose; ELECTRON spin resonance dating; SOIL air
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2022, Vol 198, Issue 20, p1529
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncac195