Spatial distribution and risk assessment of radioactivity and heavy metal levels of sediment, surface water and fish samples from Lake Van, Turkey

Erenturk, Sema; Yuşan, Sabriye; Turkozu, D. Alkim; Camtakan, Zeyneb; Ölgen, M. Kirami; Aslani, Mahmoud A. A.; Aytaş, Şule; Işık, Mehmet

doi:10.1007/s10967-014-3042-0

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“…However, only few published studies offer maps of radionuclide distribution (Dragovi c et al 2014;Erenturk et al 2014), in particular for uranium mining impacted environments (Vandenhove et al 2006;Bollh€ ofer et al 2006Bollh€ ofer et al , 2014. Moreover, the considered areas usually vary from 10 to 100 km 2 and do not allow us to determine local accumulation areas.…”

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Uranium decay daughters from isolated mines: Accumulation and sources

Cuvier

Panza

Pourcelot

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Uranium decay daughters from isolated mines: Accumulation and sources

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Panza

Pourcelot

et al. 2015

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…The measured gross beta activity in the marine creatures exceeded 10 Bq/kg. The gross beta activity was greater than the gross alpha activity, which was also observed in fish samples from Lake Van, Turkey (Erenturk et al 2014 ), because among the naturally occurring gamma-emitting radionuclides, the concentrations of radioactive potassium ( 40 K) was the highest (Carvalho et al 2011 ).…”

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Gross alpha and gross beta activities in selected marine species in Vietnam

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Luong

Châu

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The measured gross alpha and gross beta activities in the edible muscle tissues of eleven selected marine species along the coast of North Vietnam varied from 10.2 ± 1.5 to 73.2 ± 8.1 Bq/kg (wwt) and from 10.6 ± 0.4 to 68.8 ± 2.8 Bq/kg (wwt), respectively. The lowest gross alpha activity was recorded for bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) as a result of its carnivorous diet, and the highest alpha activity was noted for blood cockle (Anadara granosa) as a result of its omnivorous diet. However, the gross beta activities in both carnivorous and omnivorous species were similar. The highest and lowest gross beta activities were observed for narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and for bigfin reef squid and squid (Teuthida), respectively. All three aforementioned species have carnivorous diets. The calculated annual committed effective dose resulting from the consumption of 25 kg of muscle tissue per year varied from 192 to 1375 μS with an average of 689 μS.

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“…A rather well-known method has been applied to evaluate the external indoor gamma dose rate. In this method, the contribution of natural radionuclides to the absorbed rates depends on varying concentrations of radionuclides in the wall concrete samples [15,16].…”

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Precise Assessment of gamma absorbed dose rates using different techniques.

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khamesy

Garawi

2018

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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In the present work, gamma spectroscopy technique has been applied to determine the outdoor and indoor absorbed dose due to background gamma radiations outside and inside King Saud University campus in Malaz (Girls' Branch). Thermoluminescence technique along with a theoretical model based on Monte Carlo simulation and point Kernel dose equation have been applied to determine the gamma rays indoor absorbed dose rates in the same place. The absorbed dose of each gamma line was calculated and estimation of the total absorbed dose for the detected gamma lines were obtained and found to be 44.73 and 55.03 nG/h for outdoor and indoor respectively. Furthermore, TLD dosimeters were employed for two consecutive 60 days measuring periods. The obtained TLD results provide an estimation of outdoor and indoor average dose rates of values 45 and 63.21 nGy/h respectively. Additionally, the mean value of gamma rays indoor absorbed dose rates obtained by means of the applied theoretical model was 58.49±2.1 nGy/h.

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Spatial distribution and risk assessment of radioactivity and heavy metal levels of sediment, surface water and fish samples from Lake Van, Turkey

Cited by 41 publications

References 31 publications

Uranium decay daughters from isolated mines: Accumulation and sources

Uranium decay daughters from isolated mines: Accumulation and sources

Gross alpha and gross beta activities in selected marine species in Vietnam

Precise Assessment of gamma absorbed dose rates using different techniques.

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