Open AccessRadon concentration measurement in a groundwater in Al-Tuz, Salah Al-Din Governorate using nuclear track detector CN-85
Author(s) -
Asia H. Al-Mashhadani,
Huda Saddi Ali,
Rana M. Yas,
Karar Sameen Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/757/1/012015
Subject(s) - radon , nuclear track , groundwater , detector , environmental science , track (disk drive) , remote sensing , physics , geology , nuclear physics , computer science , optics , geotechnical engineering , operating system
This work aims to determine the radon concentration in different samples of groundwater in Al- Tuz, Salah Alden. The concentrations of radon were studied in 52 samples for different regions using CN-85 nuclear track detector. The results show that the concentration of radon gas in groundwater were ranged between the lowest value (0.727 Bq/L) in the modern morning well sample (w44) and the highest value (4.001 Bq/L) in the west of the district of Tuz well sample (w47) with an average (1.747). The results were found to be below the allowed limit of radon concentrations 222 Rn (11.1 Bq/L). The mean annual dose of drinking water was ranged between the lowest value (2.619μSv/y) in sample W44 and the highest value (14.45 μ Sv/y) in the sample W47 with an average (6.292 μ Sv/y). All annual doses of drinking water values in this work were lower than the allowed limit (22.024 μ Sv/y).