Radiological characterisation of Artvin and Ardahan provinces of Turkey
 
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B. Kucukomeroglu
Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Y. O. Yesilbag
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
N. Celik
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Türkiye
U. Cevik
Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
N. Celebi
Cekmece Nuclear Research And Training Center, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Dergi ISSN 0144-8420 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 05-2011
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 03-12-2010
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 145 / 4 / 389–394 DOI 10.1093/rpd/ncq442
Makale Linki http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/doi/10.1093/rpd/ncq442
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Özet
Indoor radon concentration measurements were carried out and corresponding annual effective doses due to exposure to indoor radon were determined in Artvin and Ardahan provinces located in the eastern part of Turkey. The measurements were performed for four seasons in order to determine the seasonal fluctuations mostly observed in indoor environments. Indoor radon concentration values were observed to range from 21 to 321 Bq m-3 for the Artvin province and from 53 to 736 Bq m-3 for the Ardahan province. It was observed that minimum indoor radon concentration values were obtained in summer, while the highest ones were observed in winter. Indoor radon concentration values of the current study were compared with those of other provinces in Turkey. As elevated indoor radon concentrations are mostly correlated with high 238U activity concentrations in soil, a total of 57 and 33 soil samples were collected from the Artvin and Ardahan provinces, respectively, to determine 238U activity concentration as well as the concentration of 232TH and 40K-naturally occurring radionuclides. It was also observed that soil samples collected from the study areas contained 137Cs as an artificial radionuclide. © The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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Web of Science 22
Scopus 19
Radiological characterisation of Artvin and Ardahan provinces of Turkey

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