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- Title
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Natural gamma radiation level detection in agriculture soil after Aila disaster and comparison with deep soil gamma activity in a specific area of Sundarban region, Satkhira, Banglsdesh
- Author
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Sk. Abdul Kader Arafin,
A. K. M. Fazlul Hoque,
- Email
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skak_arafin@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd
- Abstract
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Background: The present work was
conducted on some soil samples collected from Shamnagar upazila of
Satkhira district of south-west part of world largest mangrove forest
Sundarban Rezion, Bangladesh which were affected by natural disaster
cyclone Aila. Materials and Methods: The soil samples were analyzed to
determine terrestrial γ-ray activity using HPGe γ-ray spectrometry. The
measurements conducted in the current study showed that primordial
radionuclides namely the 238U and 232Th and 40K are contained in all the soil samples. Results and Discussion: The obtained results of the average activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K were found to be within the range of the world average of 17-60, 11-64, 140-850 Bq.kg-1 reported by UNSCEAR. The radiation dose is below the permissible limit of 1mSvy-1 recommended by IAEA (2007). No peak of 137Cs
from the decay activity was found in the spectrum in the present work.
Conclusion: The present work will be useful in providing environmental
monitoring data base of those particular areas.
- Keywords
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Disaster, Aila, health, natural radiation
- Journal or Conference Name
- International Journal of Radiation Research
- Publication Year
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2020
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