Open AccessCorrelation analysis of gamma dose rate from natural radiation in the test field
Author(s) -
Senada Avdic,
Bećo Pehlivanović,
Mersad Music,
Alma Osmanovic
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp1603260a
Subject(s) - environmental science , gamma ray spectrometer , soil test , radionuclide , radiation , range (aeronautics) , absorbed dose rate , equivalent dose , cosmic ray , radiation dose , metre , gamma ray , remote sensing , soil water , soil science , nuclear medicine , absorbed dose , materials science , nuclear physics , physics , geology , medicine , astronomy , composite material
This paper deals with correlation analysis of gamma dose rate measured in the test field with the five distinctive soil samples from a few minefields in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The measurements of ambient dose equivalent rate, due to radionuclides present in each of the soil samples, were performed by the RADIAGEMTM 2000 portable survey meter, placed on the ground and 1m above the ground. The gamma spectrometric analysis of the same soil samples was carried out by GAMMA-RAD5 spectrometer. This study showed that there is a high correlation between the absorbed dose rate evaluated from soil radioactivity and the corresponding results obtained by the survey meter placed on the ground. Correlation analysis indicated that the survey meter, due to its narrow energy range, is not suitable for the examination of cosmic radiation contribution