Current state of natural and artificial radiation in the Eastern Black Sea Coast of Türkiye (Trabzon-Rize-Artvin) 38 years after Chernobyl

Uzun Duran S.

JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, cilt.334, sa.3, ss.2417-2434, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 334 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10967-025-10008-2
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, EMBASE, INSPEC, Public Affairs Index
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2417-2434
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: 137Cs, Black sea region, Chernobyl accident, Gamma-ray spectrometry, Gamma-ray spectrometry, Natural radiation, Soil pollution
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to evaluate the artificial and natural radiation dose levels in the coastal areas of Trabzon-Rize-Artvin provinces 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Radioactive Th-232, U-238, K-40 and Cs-137 concentrations were determined in 49 soil samples by HPGe gamma spectrometry. Average concentrations were 12 Bqkg(-1) for U-238, 15 Bqkg(-1) for Th-232, 162 Bqkg(-1) for K-40 and 37 Bqkg(-1) for Cs-137. Annual effective dose equivalents and excess lifetime cancer risk values are below the world average. This study also presents the average Cs-137 value measured in the same area from 1990-2004-2024.