Distribution of Radionuclides and Radiological Health Assessment in Seih-Sidri Area, Southwestern Sinai
| Autor: | Gharam A. Alharshan, Mohamed S. Kamar, El Saeed R. Lasheen, Antoaneta Ene, Mohamed A. M. Uosif, Hamdy A. Awad, Shams A. M. Issa, Hesham M. H. Zakaly |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis URANIUM Potassium Radioisotopes EGYPT RADIATION MONITORING RADIOACTIVITY Radiation Monitoring RADIATION AND RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA Soil Pollutants Radioactive RADIOISOTOPES Radioisotopes POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES Thorium Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD INDICES SEIH-SIDRI AREA POTASSIUM RADIUM SOIL POLLUTANT Radioactivity RADIOISOTOPE PROCEDURES RADIOLOGIC HEALTH Uranium Radiologic Health THORIUM SOIL POLLUTANTS RADIOACTIVE Radium radioactivity radiological hazard indices Seih-Sidri area Egypt |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 17; Pages: 10717 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph191710717 |
| Popis: | The current contribution goal is to measure the distribution of the radionuclide within the exposed rock units of southwestern Sinai, Seih-Sidri area, and assess the radiological risk. Gneisses, older granites, younger gabbro, younger granites, and post granitic dikes (pegmatites) are the main rock units copout in the target area. Radioactivity, as well as radiological implications, were investigated for forty-three samples from gneisses (seven hornblende biotite gneiss and seven biotite gneiss), older granites (fourteen samples), and younger granites (fifteen samples of syenogranites) using NaI (Tl) scintillation detector. External and internal hazard index (Hex, Hin), internal and external level indices (Iα, Iγ), absorbed dose rates in the air (D), the annual effective dose equivalent (AED), radium equivalent activity (Raeq), annual gonadal dose (AGDE), excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR), and the value of Upper Continental Core 232Th/238U mass fractions were determined from the obtained values of 238U, 232Th and 40K for the examined rocks of Seih-Sidri area. The average 238U mg/kg in hornblende biotite gneiss and biotite gneiss, older granites, and syenogranites is 2.3, 2.1, 2.7, and 8.4 mg/kg, respectively, reflecting a relatively higher concentration of uranium content in syenogranites. The results suggest that using these materials may pose risks to one’s radiological health. © 2022 by the authors. PNURSP2022R173; Universitatea 'Dunărea de Jos' Galați, UDJG Conceptualization, M.S.K.; data curation, M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., H.A.A. and H.M.H.Z.; formal analysis, M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., H.A.A. and H.M.H.Z.; funding acquisition, A.E., G.A.A. and H.M.H.Z.; investigation, M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., H.A.A. and H.M.H.Z.; methodology, M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., M.A.M.U., H.A.A., S.A.M.I. and H.M.H.Z.; project administration, A.E. and H.M.H.Z.; resources, M.S.K., E.S.R.L. and H.M.H.Z.; software, A.E. and H.M.H.Z.; supervision, A.E. and H.M.H.Z.; validation, G.A.A., M.S.K., E.S.R.L., M.A.M.U., H.A.A., S.A.M.I. and H.M.H.Z.; visualization, H.M.H.Z.; writing—original draft, M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., H.A.A. and H.M.H.Z.; writing—review and editing, G.A.A., M.S.K., E.S.R.L., A.E., M.A.M.U., S.A.M.I., H.A.A. and H.M.H.Z. The researcher H.A.A. is funded by a scholarship under the Joint (Executive Program between Egypt and Russia). All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. |
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