Open AccessStudy the radioactive concentration for soil samples contaminated with depleted uranium in Al-Nahrawan site at Baghdad governorate using high purity germanium detector
Author(s) -
Basim H. Essa,
Murtdha Adhab Siyah,
Asia H. Al-Mashhadani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2114/1/012011
Subject(s) - uranium , nuclide , radiochemistry , radionuclide , semiconductor detector , germanium , soil test , radium , depleted uranium , contamination , radioactive decay , natural uranium , chemistry , environmental science , environmental chemistry , soil water , physics , nuclear physics , detector , soil science , ecology , organic chemistry , biology , silicon , optics
This study is investigating the radioactivity in soil samples at the Al-Nahrawan site. The radiation survey appears there are 3000 square meters area are contaminated with DU in AL-Nahrawan site identified using Geiger–Müller (GM) for radiation survey and gamma spectrometry for 52 soil samples analysis taken from AL-Nahrawan site at different depths (0-70) cm and different locations. The results of gamma analysis using high-purity germanium show that the ratio between 235 U/ 238 U is less than 0.00720 (neutral ratio), and it has different values from 0.002-0.00588, and the average value of radioactive nuclides concentration for ( 238 U, 235 U and 40 K) are (76019.61, 259.55 and 147.5) Bq/kg respectively, these values are higher than the (BG) radioactive concentration levels in Iraq for ( 238 U and 235 U) isotopes, and the analysis of 40 K concentration appeared in the acceptable limits. The health effects of depleted uranium in the human body it is exposed to many health troubles through the entry of uranium oxide particles.