Radiological hazard assessment due to natural radioactivity content in cement material used in Iraqi Kurdistan region

Mohammad, Qadr Hiwa

doi:10.1007/s11600-024-01480-7

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Radiological hazard assessment due to natural radioactivity content in cement material used in Iraqi Kurdistan region

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Mohammad Qadr Hiwa

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

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10.1007/s11600-024-01480-7

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Abstrakty

An investigation was conducted to determine radon concentrations, radon exhalation rate, and potential radiological hazard parameters associated with cement collected from five factories in Sulaymaniyah city, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Using solidstate nuclear track detectors such as CR39, the samples were analyzed by etching processes. The average radon concentration, radium concentration, and radon exhalation rate were 138.16 Bq m_-3 , 0.254 Bq kg_-1 , and 0.317 Bq m_-2 h_-1 , respectively. In sample 14, radon concentrations were within the suggested range of 200-600 Bq m_-3, and the radon exhalation rate was well below the global average of 57.600 Bq m_-2 h_-1. In addition, parameters related to potential radiological hazards were calculated for cement samples, the average annual effective dose indoor and outdoor were 3.49 and 1.31 mSv y_-1 , so this study's value was within the global average limitations (1-5 mSv y_-1 ). Also, the excess lifetime cancer risk indoor and outdoor were 12.5 X 10_-3 and 4.69 X 10-3 greater than the world value of 0.29 X 10_-3.

Słowa kluczowe

cement samples radon concentration radon exhalation rate annual effective dose inhalation

próbki cementu stężenie radonu szybkość wydychania radonu roczna dawka efektywna wdychanie

Wydawca

Instytut Geofizyki PAN
Springer

Czasopismo

Acta Geophysica

Rocznik

2025

Tom

Vol. 73, no. 1

Strony

549--556

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 41 poz.

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autor

Mohammad Qadr Hiwa

hiwa.physics@uor.edu.krd

Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Raparin, Sulaymaniyah, Ranya 46012, Iraq

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5585-3260

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).

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