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Title: Society for Radiological Protection logo Society for Radiological Protection logo External dose assessment from the measured radioactivity in soil samples collected from the Islamabad capital territory, Pakistan
Authors: Rahman, S U
Faheem, M
Anwar, J
Ziafat, M
Nasir, T
Matiullah
Keywords: Natural Science
radioactivity
soil samples
Islamabad
Pakistan
Issue Date: 18-Nov-2009
Publisher: Institute of Physics (IOP)
Abstract: It is a well known fact that natural radionuclides are the major contributors towards the gamma ray exposure received by the general public. In this context, soil samples were collected from the Islamabad capital territory and activities due to 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were measured using gamma ray spectrometry: activities ranged from 41.5–106.2 Bq kg−1, 4.0–193.8 Bq kg−1, 325.3–657.4 Bq kg−1 and 1.6–9.45 Bq kg−1, respectively. From the measured activities, the external hazard index, internal hazard index, absorbed dose rate and mean annual effective dose were calculated. External and internal hazard indices were calculated as 0.76 and 0.95, respectively. The mean absorbed dose rate was found to be 130.97 nGy h−1. The mean effective dose was estimated as 0.16 mSv y−1, which is less than the maximum permissible dose of 1 mSv y−1.
URI: http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/1377
ISSN: 29 499
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