Measurement of activity concentration levels of radionuclides in soil samples collected from Bethlehem Province, West Bank, Palestine

MOHAMMED MAHMUD ABU SAMREH; KHALIL MOHAMMED THABAYNEH; FATIMA WALEED KHRAIS

doi:https://doi.org/10.3906/muh-1303-8

Makale detayları

Measurement of activity concentration levels of radionuclides in soil samples collected from Bethlehem Province, West Bank, Palestine

Yazarlar:

MOHAMMED MAHMUD ABU SAMREH | KHALIL MOHAMMED THABAYNEH | FATIMA WALEED KHRAIS

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences 2014 Vol.38 Issue 2, pp.113-125

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000744492

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

1303-6157

pISSN:

1300-0160

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3906/muh-1303-8

Özet:

 

In this study, we report on the activity concentrations of 238238^{238}U, 232232^{232}Th, 4040^{40}K, and 137137^{137}Cs in 50 soil samples of Bethlehem Province, West Bank, Palestine. Gamma-ray spectroscopy was employed to perform the measurements using an HPGe detector. On one hand, the activity concentrations of natural radionuclides were found to vary from 12.7 to 122.3 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} with an average value of 41.4 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} for 238238^{238}U, from 2.0 to 32.2 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} with an average value of 19.5 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} for 232232^{232}Th, and from 12.0 to 183.8 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} with an average value of 113.3 Bq kg−1−1^{-1} for 4040^{40}K. On the other hand, the activity concentrations of the artificial 137137^{137}Cs radionuclide were found between 1.0 and 12.2 Bq kg−1−1^{-1}, with an average value of 2.8 Bq kg−1−1^{-1}. The variations of the assessed radiological hazard parameters indices RaeqRaeqRa_{eq}, DrDrD_{r}, HexHex H_{ex}, and IγIγI_{\gamma } of natural radionuclides were found to be as follows: 16-148, 7-65, 0.04-0.4, and 0.11-1.00, respectively. The results were found to be comparable to or lower than similar reported data worldwide. Accordingly, the investigated soil zones can be considered to have normal levels of natural background radiation.

Makale detayları

Measurement of activity concentration levels of radionuclides in soil samples collected from Bethlehem Province, West Bank, Palestine

Yazarlar: MOHAMMED MAHMUD ABU SAMREH | KHALIL MOHAMMED THABAYNEH | FATIMA WALEED KHRAIS

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences 2014 Vol.38 Issue 2, pp.113-125

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2014

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000744492

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 1303-6157

pISSN: 1300-0160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3906/muh-1303-8

Sayı

Yazarlar:

MOHAMMED MAHMUD ABU SAMREH | KHALIL MOHAMMED THABAYNEH | FATIMA WALEED KHRAIS

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences 2014 Vol.38 Issue 2, pp.113-125

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2014

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000744492

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

1303-6157

pISSN:

1300-0160

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3906/muh-1303-8