The indoor air radioactivity content determination in districts of Baghdad governorate

The inhalation is the most probable channel of the radioactivity intake that has 75% from all bath ways, which are the ingestion and contaminated by skin. Therefore, in this work the indoor natural radioactivity occurring materials (NORM) in Baghdad districts have been measured and the annual annihi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamza, Ahmed A., Shafik, Shafik S., Saeed, Muna A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Ingestion
Natural radioactivity
Particle size
Radiation dosage
Respiration
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The inhalation is the most probable channel of the radioactivity intake that has 75% from all bath ways, which are the ingestion and contaminated by skin. Therefore, in this work the indoor natural radioactivity occurring materials (NORM) in Baghdad districts have been measured and the annual annihilation radiation effective dose (Eff) for workers and publics, also, have been calculated for two particle sizes; 1 and 2 µm. The overall average results of NORM were 9.19, 5.75, and 69.31 Bq/L for U-238, Th-232, and K-40, respectively. In general, the results of Eff for particle size 1µm were larger than 2 µm results, the workers suffered more than others, and the fifteen years old people group was affected more than others groups (1y and adults).
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/5.0121882