Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels
and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards
in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura
Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Alshahri, Fatimh; El-Taher, Atef

doi:10.15244/pjoes/83611

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“…The study findings were compared to the values of some works used in other literature (Table 1). As shown in Table 1, the average activity value (22.32 Bq/kg) found for 226 Ra in this study is lower than the reported values in Italy (79 Bq/kg) [38], Saudi Arabia (23.2 Bq/kg) [39], Lebanon (27 Bq/kg) [40], Yemen (44.4 Bq/kg) [41], Syria (29 Bq/kg) [42], Artvin (42.2 Bq/kg) [12], and Croatia (44.7 Bq/kg) [43], while less results were reported for Bolu (18.2 Bq/kg) [44], and Oman (14.4 Bq/kg) [45]. The average activity value (21.1 Bq/kg) found for 232 Th is higher than the reported values in Saudi Arabia (7.7 Bq/kg), Oman (9.9 Bq/kg), and Turkey (17.3 Bq/kg), yet lower than the other values.…”

Section: The Activity Concentrations Of the Radionuclidescontrasting

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Radioactivity in Soils of Kosovo and Radiological Implications

et al. 2022

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This study was carried out to determine the presence of the main radionuclides from natural and artificial radioactivity in the soil of Kosovo, using gamma-ray spectroscopy. The mean activity concentration for Ra-226, Th-232, K-40, and Cs-137 was 22.32 ± 1.41, 22.14 ± 1.31, 358.16 ± 8.85, and 12.94 ± 0.44 Bq/kg, respectively. Radium equivalent activity ranged from 47 to 100 Bq/kg. The mean of calculated values for the gamma index (Iγ), external hazard index (Hex), absorbed dose rate (ADR), annual gonadal dose rate (AGDE), annual effective dose rate (AEDE), and excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) were 0.61, 0.22, 40 nGy/h, 275 µSv/year, 49 µSv/year, and 170, respectively. In conclusion, the radiological parameters arising from the soil samples of Kosovo belong to the normal range of radionuclides, compared to those compiled by UNSCEAR from worldwide reports; therefore, health hazards are insignificant.

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Radioactivity in Soils of Kosovo and Radiological Implications

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“…Concentrations of the highly radioactive elements in these samples in an oil-contaminated environment are relatively high compared with the non-oil ones. For example, concentrations of radioactive elements obtained from soil samples in Saudi Arabia taken from the Ras Tanura area (an oil polluted environment) 196 are greater than those of the same radioactive elements obtained in sand samples taken from Qassim area in Saudi Arabia (an environment that is non-polluted by oil). 224 This finding indicates that the oil spill may adversely affect the environment in which it has been extracted.…”

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Concentrations of TENORMs in the petroleum industry and their environmental and health effects

Ali

Zhao

et al. 2019

RSC Adv.

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“…Background radiation levels, and thus the radiation doses received by the general public are exposed to differ greatly from place to another. Ionizing radiation is constantly present in the environment, and humans and other living organisms, all of them are constantly exposed to it from natural and artificial sources [4]. In investigating environmental radiation measurements, two components are most critical to tackle in environmental sources: the assessment of radiation dose resulted and the associated and resulted health hazard.…”

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Assessment of radiological health risk and radiogenic heat production changeability of different sedimentary rocks at Gabal Um Hamd, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt

Zaghloul¹,

Abu-Zeid²,

Aassy³

et al. 2022

Phys. Scr.

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Soil is a source of natural radionuclides and a source of natural radiation risk to humans. This study aims to measure the radioactivity concentrations, contributions, radiological hazards and to quantify the radiogenic heat productions in thirty two rock samples having different lithology from the middle member of Um Bogma Formation in Gabal Um Hamd, southwestern Sinai, Egypt. The concentration of natural radionuclides was determined using a p-type Hyper Pure Germanium (HPGe) detector. The average activity concentrations of uranium (238U),radium (226Ra), thorium (232Th), and potassium (40K) in the interested area were found to be 4909.58 ± 54.34 Bqkg -1, 5003.12 ± 17.56 Bqkg -1, 79.04 ± 8.82 Bqkg -1 and 137.35 ± 8.64 Bqkg -1 respectively. Other hazard indices average values were measured, such as: annual effective dose equivalent, radium equivalent activity, external and internal indices, annual gonad equivalent dose, and excess lifetime cancer risk. The radiologic hazards results, obtained in this study shows that the radiation levels are higher than the internationally approved values and the recommended safety limits. Furthermore, the results show that the radiogenic heat value ranged from 3.58 to 402.45 µW m-3 with an average value of 60.11 ± 0.79 µW m-3 in the studied area which is higher than previously reported averages.

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Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

Radioactivity in Soils of Kosovo and Radiological Implications

Radioactivity in Soils of Kosovo and Radiological Implications

Concentrations of TENORMs in the petroleum industry and their environmental and health effects

Assessment of radiological health risk and radiogenic heat production changeability of different sedimentary rocks at Gabal Um Hamd, Southwestern Sinai, Egypt

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