TÜRKİYE’NİN YALVAÇ ANTIOCHEIA PISIDIA ANTİK KENTİNDEKİ DOĞAL FON RADYASYONU ÖLÇÜMLERİ

Year 2009, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 171 - 176, 01.12.2009

Halim Büyükuslu Abdullah Kaplan

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye, Isparta'daki Yalvaç Anitocheia Pisidia antik kentinde maruz kalınan doğal fon radyasyonu oranının tespit edilmesi amacıyla, her ay bir yıl boyunca, Cesium 137 ile kalibre edilmiş Geiger-Mueller LND712, Radiation Alert Monitor4 dedektörü ile ölçümler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bir günde, sabah, öğle ve akşam olmak koşuluyla üç kez elde edinilen ölçümler, aylara ve mevsimlere bağlı olarak değişim göstermektedir. Radyasyon dozlarının yıllık aritmetik ortalaması 1.22 ile 1.66 mSv/yıl arasında değişmektedir.

Keywords

Geiger Mueller LND712, Antiocheia Pisidia, Doğal fon radyasyonu

THE MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION IN YALVAÇ ANTIOCHEIA PISIDIA ANTIQUE CITY OF TURKEY

Abstract

In this study, measurements were carried out with a Geiger-Mueller LND712 detector, Radiation Alert Monitor4, calibrated by Cesium 137 every month during one year in order to detect natural background radiation rate exposed by man in Yalvaç Antiocheia Pisidia Antique City of Isparta, Turkey. Measurements obtained in the morning, at noon and in the evening on condition of three times during one day have been changed according to months and seasons. Annual arithmetic mean radiation dose changes from 1.22 to 1.66 mSv/year.

Keywords

Natural background radiation, Geiger Mueller LND712, Antiocheia Pisidia

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