Radon level and indoor gamma doses in dwellings of Trabzon, Turkey

KURNAZ A., KÜÇÜKÖMEROĞLU B., ÇEVİK U., CELEBI N.

APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES, cilt.69, sa.10, ss.1554-1559, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.06.016
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1554-1559
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Indoor radon, Ambient gamma dose, Gamma spectrometric analysis, Trabzon, BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY LEVEL, ENVIRONMENTAL-RADIOACTIVITY, RN-222 CONCENTRATIONS, SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY, SOIL SAMPLES, REGION, ADANA, RATES
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The seasonal variations of the indoor radon activity concentrations were determined in the 97 dwellings of Trabzon, Turkey. The annual average indoor radon activity concentration varied from 8 to 583 Bq/m(3). The average winter/summer ratio of radon activity concentrations was 3.62. The gamma activity concentrations in the soil samples were determined as 41, 38, 443 and 25 Bq/kg for Ra-226, Th-232, K-40 and Cs-137, respectively. The average gamma dose rate in air and the annual effective dose equivalent for outdoor occupancy were calculated as 63 nGy/h and 77 mu Sv/y, respectively. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.