Radioactivity concentrations and risk assessment of Tekirdağ lignites (case study of Malkara coalfeld)

Güllüdağ, C. Bertan; Aksoy, Ercüment; Ünal, Neslihan; Özmen, Süleyman Fatih

doi:10.1007/s11600-020-00468-3

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Radioactivity concentrations and risk assessment of Tekirdağ lignites (case study of Malkara coalfeld)

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Güllüdağ C. Bertan , Aksoy Ercüment , Ünal Neslihan , Özmen Süleyman Fatih

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https://www.springer.com/journal/11600

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10.1007/s11600-020-00468-3

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Abstrakty

Malkara coals are located in the Oligocene-aged Danişmen Formation in the Thrace Tertiary coal basin. The Danişmen Formation consists of limestone, sandstone, tufte, siltstone, claystone and intercalated coal. Elemental and specifc natural radionuclide concentrations of lignites collected from Tekirdağ–Malkara coalfeld were determined, and the associated radiological risk was assessed. In order to examine the depth-dependent radionuclide concentration changes, samples were taken from top, middle and bottom parts of the boreholes. Gamma spectrometric measurements of radionuclide activities were performed with HPGe detector. The calculated mean 226Ra, 232Th and 40K concentrations were 27.0±3.57, 18.9±3.28 and 155±36.1 Bq kg−1, and the measured U, Th, Pb and K concentrations were 4.04, 6.27, 10.6 ppm and 0.82%, respectively. Findings were comparable with the reported literature for Turkey and other countries from the world. The dose due to the radionuclide content of lignites was not very high to pose a serious health risk.

Słowa kluczowe

lignite coal natural radioactivity HPGe radiological hazard Malkara/Tekirdağ thrace region

węgiel brunatny węgiel radioaktywność naturalna HPGe zagrożenie radiologiczne Malkara/Tekirdağ

Wydawca

Instytut Geofizyki PAN
Springer

Czasopismo

Acta Geophysica

Rocznik

2020

Tom

Vol. 68, no. 5

Strony

1411--1420

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 44 poz.

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autor

Güllüdağ C. Bertan

Department of Construction Technology, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

autor

Aksoy Ercüment

Department of Geographical Information System, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

autor

Ünal Neslihan

Department of Land Registry and Cadastre, Golhisar School of Applied Sciences, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey

autor

Özmen Süleyman Fatih

fatihozmen@akdeniz.edu.tr

Nuclear Technology and Radiation Safety, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

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