10Aug 2017

A STUDY OF RADON CONCENTRATIONS AND THE RADIATION DOSE LEVELS IN SALT SAMPLES EXTRACTED FROM SAMAWA SALTERN - IRAQ.

  • Department of Physics, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawa, Iraq.
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The radon concentrations in the environment and food concern all people involved in radiation protection. Because the salt is used in food and industry, radon (Rn222 ) activity measurements in the salt samples extracted from Samawa Saltern- south of Iraq, were carried out from radiation protection point of view of the occupational workers and general public. For the measurements, Radon Alpha Detector (RAD-7) were used. Results of various measurements of the radon activity, exposure to radon daughters, the annual inhalation dose received by the workers, and the excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) have been reported. The radon activity concentrations were found to vary from (7.2 Bq/m3 ) to (52.3 Bq/m3 ) with a mean value of (24.99 Bq/m3 ). It was found that the As-salt workers is exposed annually to (0.058) Working Level Month (WLM) from radon gas and its short ? lived daughters. The annual inhalation dose in the environment of Samawa Saltern was found to vary from (0.127 mSv/yr) to (0.898 mSv/yr) with an average of (0.429 mSv/yr). The excessive lifetime cancer risk due to radon in the Samawa Saltern was found to vary from ( 0.06% ) to ( 0.43% ) with an average of (0.21% ). The results have revealed that the radon concentration and the associated inhalation radon dose does not pose any kind of health hazard to the occupational workers, consumer of salt and or when it used in the industrial purpose.

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[Abdulameer Kazem Farhood, Laith Mohamed Rasheed and Thill Akeel Kadhum. (2017); A STUDY OF RADON CONCENTRATIONS AND THE RADIATION DOSE LEVELS IN SALT SAMPLES EXTRACTED FROM SAMAWA SALTERN - IRAQ. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 348-357] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Abdulameer Kazem Farhood
Department of Physics, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawa, Iraq

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5069      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5069

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