Measurement of Radioactivity Levels and Assessment of Radiation Hazards for Plants Species Grown at Scrap Yard (B) at Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Site (Iraq)

Hazim Louis Mansour; Yousif Muhsin Zayir Al-Bakhat; Huda Nassar Karkosh

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Measurement of Radioactivity Levels and Assessment of Radiation Hazards for Plants Species Grown at Scrap Yard (B) at Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Site (Iraq)

Hazim Louis Mansour, Yousif Muhsin Zayir Al-Bakhat, Huda Nassar Karkosh

Published in Nuclear Science (Volume 2, Issue 4)

Received: 2 October 2017 Accepted: 27 December 2017 Published: 15 January 2018

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Abstract

Samples of flowered grasses, herbs and jungles were collected from scrap yard (B) at Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Site and analyzed in the laboratory using gamma-ray spectroscopy system. The activity concentrations for radionuclides grown on the studied area were found to be ranged from 1.05 to 5.45 Bq/kg (average 2.86 Bq/kg) for ²²⁶Ra, below detection limit (BDL) to 1.4 Bq/kg (average 0.16 Bq/kg) for ²³²Th, 483.2 to 595.7 Bq/kg (average 528.33 Bq/kg) for ⁴⁰K, and BDL to 1.15 Bq/kg (average 0.35 Bq/kg) for ²³⁵U. No radionuclides of artificial origin (such as ¹³⁷Cs) were detected in any of the analyzed samples. Gamma absorbed dose rates (D), radium equivalent activities (Ra_eq), external hazard index (H_ex), and internal hazard index (H_in) were calculated and found to be considerably lower than their corresponding allowable limits and worldwide average values. Accordingly, it was found that natural radioactivity levels for the investigated plants species grown at the studied area pose no significant radiological threat to human health or the environment.

Published in	Nuclear Science (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ns.20170204.11
Page(s)	94-98
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Radiation Hazards, Plants Species, Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Site

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Hazim Louis Mansour

Department of Physics, College of Education, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Yousif Muhsin Zayir Al-Bakhat

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Directorate (RNSD), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Baghdad, Iraq
Huda Nassar Karkosh

Department of Physics, College of Education, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

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