TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessment of gamma dose rates around Gaziantep, Turkey
AU  - Zuhur, S.
AU  - Çeliktürk, D.
AU  - Yazıcı, A. N.
AU  - Öztürk, Z.
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
DO  - 10.1501/nuclear.2023.22
JF  - Journal of Nuclear Sciences
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-7736
SP  - 19
EP  - 25
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - In this study, the measurements were performed 1 mabove the ground in air and surface soils at certain points in the city of Gazianteplocated at south of Turkey with a populatıon of 1.5 million. Air and soil measurements were carried out byportable detectors and gamma spectrometry system. As a result of measurementsperformed in the air, average annual effective dose of 66.81 µSv y-1 andgamma counting of 50.43 1 s-1 were found. On the other hand, as aresult of gamma spectrometric analyses in the surface soil samples, averageactivity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were found to be 28.92, 29.49 and 255.30 Bq kg-1,respectively. Calculated absorbed dose rate and annual effective dose valuesdepending on the activity concentrations, were found to be 38.45 nGy h-1and 47.17 µSv y-1. When the measured values are compared with UNSCEAR2000 report’s worldwide average value, our result is slightly lower than thesevalues.
KW  - Natural radioactivity
KW  - Gamma spectrometry
KW  - Cosmic and terrestrial gamma radiation
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear.2023.22
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/337660
ER  -