Open AccessENSEÑANDO RADIOECOLOGÍA: MEDICIÓN DE LA RADIACIÓN GAMMA NATURAL EN AMBIENTES DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS TEACHING RADIOECOLOGY: MEASUREMENT OF THE NATURAL GAMMA RADIATION IN ENVIRONMENTS OF SAN LUIS PROVINCE
Author(s) -
Marcos Rizzotto,
R. M. Anjos,
L. Estellita,
C. Sosa Flores,
J. M. Debans,
Gerardo Alberto Platero Gutiérrez,
M. A. Claros Figueroa
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anales/anales afa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1850-1168
pISSN - 0327-358X
DOI - 10.31527/analesafa.2010.21.276
Subject(s) - radioecology , natural (archaeology) , geography , environmental science , physics , archaeology , radionuclide , nuclear physics
The study of environmental radioactivity is a topic not usually included in physics courses at the secondary andeven university levels. Consequently, students are not able to properly discuss the effects of exposure toterrestrial gamma radiation. This paper proposes to approach the issue of ionizing radiation interaction with ourenvironment, in which measurements of gamma exposure rates using a Geiger-Müller type gauge are evaluated.The experimental activity is performed in different working environments, urban and touristic, of San Luisprovince in Argentina. Particularly, the Bebedero salt mine and the La Carolina old gold mine and surroundingareas. Therefore, our aim is also to develop new techniques for teaching physics, awaking the scientific interestof students in nuclear physics applications to environmental sciences.