Open AccessMeasurement of Terrestrial Gamma Radiation Level and Annual Effective Dose in and Around Nuggihalli-Holenarasipura Schist Belts, Karnataka State, India
Author(s) -
Ram Niranjan,
C. Ningappa,
Nandakumar,
C N Harshavardhana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
shanlax international journal of arts, science and humanities (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0397
DOI - 10.34293/sijash.v8is1-feb.3939
Subject(s) - schist , effective dose (radiation) , dose rate , dosimeter , environmental science , radiation , gamma ray , radiation dose , background radiation , absorbed dose rate , absorbed dose , atmospheric sciences , nuclear medicine , geology , radiochemistry , physics , medicine , nuclear physics , geochemistry , chemistry , metamorphic rock
All individual living beings on the earth are exposed continuously to the radiations coming from terrestrial and extraterrestrial sources and also from their own bodies. The indoor and outdoor ambient gamma radiations are measured in and around Nuggihalli- Holenarasipura schist belts of Hassan district in Karnataka state. The measurements are carried out using the environment radiation dosimeter UR 705 which is a portable detector. Absorbed dose rate and annual effective dose rate are estimated by measuring the exposure rate. The total annual effective dose calculated from both indoor and outdoor varies from 0.68 to1.62 mSv.y-1 with an average value of 1.16 mSv.y-1. The calculated indoor and outdoor annual effective doses are found to be higher than the world average.