Concentrations Assessment Of Radon Gas and Some Radioactive Nuclei For Some Region In Basra Governorate By CR-39 Detector

In this work, eighteen samples were studied distributed over different sites in Basra Governorate from southern Iraq. The CR- 39 nuclear trace detector technique was used to reach the results, which showed us, the radium concentrations ranged between (18.52 - 2.169) Becquerel / kg, the environmental...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2021-04, Vol.722 (1), p.12013
Main Authors: Hadi Al–Sadi, Mohammed Abdul Kadhim, Altbtbiey, Dhay Alaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Background radiation
Environmental factors
Radiation
Radioactive pollution
Radium
Radon
Uranium
Weather
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Summary:In this work, eighteen samples were studied distributed over different sites in Basra Governorate from southern Iraq. The CR- 39 nuclear trace detector technique was used to reach the results, which showed us, the radium concentrations ranged between (18.52 - 2.169) Becquerel / kg, the environmental factors such as rain, dust and weather erosion have led to a decrease in radium concentrations in these areas which fell within the permissible range of 33 Becquerel / kg. The concentrations of uranium in the samples under study ranged from 0.2622 ppm to 2.239 ppm, is higher than the natural limit of the background radiation (0.2 - 1.2) ppm, which indicates that radioactive pollution has entered the Iraqi environment. As well as, we find that the concentration of Radon The samples have risen by twenty times the normal limit in some samples, which indicates the danger of dealing with the polluted southern environment of Iraq.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/722/1/012013