Uranium Content Measurement of Some Soil Samples in North of Nineveh Province
Keywords:
CR-39 detector, uranium concentration, uranium activity, soil, Nineveh province.Abstract
Assessment of natural radiation exposure, by Inspection radioactivity
level from radionuclides in the soil, is very important to be their
quantity under control. Depending on geological locations, uranium
varies widely in soil (from 0.1 to 20 ppm). Sixteen samples of soil
collected from different locations in the north of Nineveh provinceIraq and the level of uranium measured using a CR-39 nuclear track
detector. Uranium concentrations vary (from 0.393 to 0.867) ppm and
mean value is 0.592 ppm. Uranium specific activity from 4.866 to
10.716 Bq kg-1 the mean value 7.317 Bq kg-1. Results compared
with average values worldwide in general, values found lower than of
permissible limit worldwide uranium concentration value of 11.7 ppm,
and uranium specific activity value of 35 Bq/Kg.
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