Open AccessRadioactivity Assessment in the Sediments Samples of Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq
Author(s) -
Sahar A. Amin,
Rana R. Al-Ani,
Ahmed N Ghazi,
MTA Mohammed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/779/1/012050
Subject(s) - radon , sediment , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , radium , dry season , natural radioactivity , geology , physical geography , geography , radionuclide , geomorphology , cartography , chemistry , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics , radiochemistry
Seasonal monitoring of the natural radon levels was done for sediment samples picked from particular locations over the Tigris River in Baghdad city area for the whole year 2018. CR-39 passive detector was used for detecting alpha activity in the sediment samples of the 20 g mass. The alpha (α) activities from radon were found to be comparatively higher during the dry season and lower during the rainfalls season. The radium content of the samples was the highest in site4 sediment samples (south Baghdad) is likely because of the outcome of great human activities particularly Al-Dora oil refinery. The variations in radon levels were possibly referred to the type of the collected sediment samples and human activities that influence the river environs. The determining radon levels in the most investigated sediment samples were within the recommended world average values.