Radioactivity of long lived gamma emitters in canned seafood consumed in Kuwait

A study of long-lived gamma emitting radionuclides in canned seafood consumed in Kuwait was performed. The canned seafood samples originated from four different countries. The study targeted the natural radionuclides 232Th, 226Ra, and 40K. The annual effective dose from canned seafood consumption wa...

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Published in:Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic & Applied Sciences 2014-04, Vol.15 (1), p.6-9
Main Authors: Alrefae, Tareq, Nageswaran, Tiruvachi Natarajan, Al-Shemali, Taher
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Foodstuff
Gamma ray spectrometry
Gamma spectrometry
Kuwait
NORM
Seafood
الأغذية البحرية
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Summary:A study of long-lived gamma emitting radionuclides in canned seafood consumed in Kuwait was performed. The canned seafood samples originated from four different countries. The study targeted the natural radionuclides 232Th, 226Ra, and 40K. The annual effective dose from canned seafood consumption was estimated to be 5μSv. This value was found to be several orders of magnitude less than the 0.29mSvyear−1 world average of the ingestion exposure from natural sources. Hence, canned seafood consumption in Kuwait is radiologically safe for the presence of the investigated radionuclides.
ISSN:1815-3852
1815-3852
DOI:10.1016/j.jaubas.2013.04.001