Measurements for Natural Radioactive Materials at the East & West banks of The River Nile

Mohammed Aidarous El-Tayep; Kh. M. Haroun

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Measurements for Natural Radioactive Materials at the East & West banks of The River Nile

Mohammed Aidarous El-Tayep, Kh. M. Haroun

Published in Science Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Volume 5, Issue 4)

Received: 20 April 2017 Accepted: 8 May 2017 Published: 26 July 2017

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Abstract

Soil samples were collected along the East and West banks of the River Nile region starting from Bait Al-mal in the West side and the second East bank of the River Nile Shambat. Gamma radiation measurements were performed using high resolution HPGe detector with low background PC multichannel spectrometer. The gamma measurements of the soil revealed the presence of the natural long-lived radioisotopes ²³⁸U, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K. The ranges of their activity concentrations were 3.32±1.1~6.3±2.1 Bqkg^-1, 5.61±1.7~10.76±2.13 Bqkg^-1 and 180±7.77~291±11.6 Bqkg^-1 ‘respectively’. The other factors controlling the distribution of the detected natural radioisotopes have been discussed. Absorbed dose rates have been calculated for each location with range 15.27±0.82~21.07±1.53 nGyh^-1. Also, the estimated activity utilization indexes have been presented. The ratios between the detected radioisotopes have been calculated.

Published in	Science Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjac.20170504.12
Page(s)	56-65
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Uranium, Thorium, Potassium, Absorbed Dose Rate, Radiation Exposure

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Mohammed Aidarous El-Tayep

Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University, Om Durman, Sudan
Kh. M. Haroun

Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Al-Zaiem Al-Azhari University, Om Durman, Sudan

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