Keywords
Radon gas, Soil, CR_39 detector, Area Exhalation Rate, Mass Exhalation Rate, Radium concentration
Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
In this work radon concentration in 37 soil samples collected from 17 regions surround the (Al Tuwaitha) were measured by using solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD.s) CR-39 with natural exposure of one month, and by comparison with standard samples. The radon concentration in the soil samples was about (9.583 ± 0.36928.029 ± 0.631) Bq/m3 in locations one (Rotate Salman) and eight (An area agricultural near high-voltage towers) respectively, with rate of (20.939 ± 0.541) Bq/m3. The specific activity of radium (Ra) dissolved during generate radon were ranging between (9.857 – 3.37) Bq.kg-1, with rate of (7.393) Bq.kg-1, surface emission of radon gas rate in the soil was found between (0.144 – 0.422 Bq/m2.h) with rate of (0.314 Bq/m2.h) and their mass emission of radon gas rate has the highest value of (0.016 Bq / kg . h) and lower value (0.005 Bq / kg . h) with rate of (0.012 Bq / kg . h. These results are within the acceptable limitthat recorded by UNECEAR and ICRP.
Recommended Citation
Mahdi, Khalid; Subhi, Auday; Sharif, Najlaa; and Ahmed, Ghuzlan Ahmed
(2026)
"Determination of Radon Concentrations in Soil Around Al-Tuwaitha Site Using CR-39 Detector,"
Engineering and Technology Journal: Vol. 36:
Iss.
2, Article 31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.36.2C.2
DOI
10.30684/etj.36.2C.2
First Page
108
Last Page
112
