Assessment of gross α and β radioactivity for drinking water in Hatay province, Turkey

In this study, the radioactivity analysis was performed in drinking water of Hatay province which is in the southeast region of Turkey. Using ten channels low-level proportional counter, the average “gross α” and “gross β” activity concentrations of the 39 water samples were measured as 36.69 and 11...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Desalination and water treatment 2016-03, Vol.57 (11), p.4960-4965
Main Authors: Turgay, Muttalip Ergun, Yazici, A. Necmeddin, Taskin, Halim, Kam, Erol, Karahan, Gürsel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual effective dose
Assessments
Channels
Drinking water
Gross α
Gross β
Hatay
Health
Mathematical analysis
Proportional counters
Radioactivity
Water
Water treatment
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:In this study, the radioactivity analysis was performed in drinking water of Hatay province which is in the southeast region of Turkey. Using ten channels low-level proportional counter, the average “gross α” and “gross β” activity concentrations of the 39 water samples were measured as 36.69 and 116.36 mBq/L, respectively. All values of the “gross α” and “gross β” were lower than the limit values of 500 and 1,000 mBq/L, recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). The average annual effective doses were calculated to be 7.50 μSv for the α-emitters and 58.61 μSv for the β-emitters. The results obtained in this study indicate that the average annual effective doses for all water samples are below the reference level as 0.1 mSv, recommended by WHO.
ISSN:1944-3986
1944-3994
1944-3986
DOI:10.1080/19443994.2014.1000384