The dose of gamma radiation from building materials and soil

• Authors: Goran Manić , Vesna Manić , Dragoslav Nikezić , Dragana Krstić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The radioactivity of some structural building materials, rows, binders, and final construction products, originating from Serbia or imported from other countries, was investigated in the current study by using the standard HPGe gamma spectrometry. The absorbed dose in the air was computed by the method of buildup factors for models of the room with the walls of concrete, gas-concrete, brick and stone. Using the conversion coefficients obtained by interpolation of the International Commission on Radiobiological Protection (ICRP) equivalent doses for isotropic irradiation, the corresponding average indoor effective dose from the radiation of building materials of 0.24 mSv·y−1 was determined. The outdoor dose of 0.047 mSv·y−1 was estimated on the basis of values of the specific absorbed dose rates calculated for the radiation of the series of 238U, 232Th and 40K from the ground and covering materials. The literature values of the effective dose conversion coefficients for ground geometry were applied as well as the published data for content of the radionuclides in the soil.

Keywords

EN

natural radioactivity; building materials; soil; dose

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 951-958

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2015

accepted

17 - 9 - 2015

received

2 - 4 - 2015

online

30 - 12 - 2015

Contributors

author

Goran Manić

• Institute of Occupational Health, Vojislava Ilića bb, 18000 Niš, Serbia

author

Vesna Manić

• Department of Physics, University of Niš, P. O. Box 224, 18000 Niš, Serbia

author

Dragoslav Nikezić

• Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, 12 R. Domanovića Str., 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

author

Dragana Krstić

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0148