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Measurement of Natural Radioactivity from Babel City Soil Samples Using an NaI(Tl) Detector


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irece.v11i5.18618

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In this study, 18 samples of soil were taken from various zones in Babel City, which is one of the governorates located in central Iraq, south of the capital Baghdad. It is the fifth-largest city in terms of population in Iraq. These models were accumulated from various locations on various dates and were stored for one month under ordinary research focus conditions. This storage time is imperative to obtain radiological equilibration in the models before checking for the intermingling of basic radioactive material in the models. Six radionuclides were found in the Babel soil tests: Bi-214, Ra-226, TI-208, Bi-212, Pb-212, and K-40. Two of the radionuclides (Bi-214 and Ra-226) have a spot with the U-238 course of action. Three radionuclides (TI-208, Bi-212, and Pb-212) have a spot with the Th-232 series, and one is the basic radionuclide K-40. The least average activity of the radionuclides in all models using the NaI(Tl) detector was that of Tl-208, which 1.12 Bq/kg was. Yet, the most critical activity of the radionuclides in all models was K-40, which was 169.08 Bq/kg. The external natural radioactivity for all Baghdad soils was 0.481 mSv·y-1, which is low compared to what has been considered the annual limit at 1 mSv·y-1 according to UNSCEAR.
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Radionuclides; Soil; NaI(Tl); Typical; Radioactivity

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