| Yazarlar |
Belgin Küçükömeroğlu
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ
Türkiye |
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Nevzat Damla
Batman Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Uğur Çevik
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Çelebi Nilgün
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Ataksor Berna
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Halim Taşkın
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| Özet |
| This study assesses the results of environmental radioactivity measurements for Bayburt Province in the Eastern Black Sea area of Turkey. Using γ-ray spectrometry, activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K and a fission product 137Cs were investigated in soil samples. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in various building materials such as sand, cement and marble and in drinking waters were determined. The activity concentrations vary from 16 to 54Bqkg-1 for 226Ra, from 10 to 21Bqkg-1 for 232Th and from 113 to 542Bqkg-1 for 40K in building materials. The mean specific activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in drinking waters were 93, 30 and 504mBql-1, respectively. The concentrations of gross α and β radioactivity in drinking water samples collected from four different sampling stations have been determined. The results show that the gross α and β activities are lower than the screening levels given by the World Health Organization (WHO), which are a maximum contaminant level of 0.5Bql-1 and 1.0Bql -1 gross α and β radioactivity, respectively, in drinking water. Indoor radon measurements were made in 44 dwellings in Bayburt by using Cr-39 detectors. Radon concentrations in dwellings in Bayburt varied from 17 to 125Bqm-3 and the average value was 56Bqm-3. The results obtained in this study indicate that the region has a background radiation level that is within the typical natural range and shows no significant departures from other parts of the country. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Radiological Protection |
| Dergi ISSN | 0952-4746 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 09-2009 |
| Cilt No | 29 |
| Sayı | 3 |
| Sayfalar | 417 / 428 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1088/0952-4746/29/3/006 |
| Makale Linki | http://stacks.iop.org/0952-4746/29/i=3/a=006?key=crossref.dab43257226edb7d4b893e1566eb8fd9 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 27 |
| SCOPUS | 26 |
