{"title":"Assessment of terrestrial gamma radiations and radiological risks in Makum Coalfield, India","authors":"Susmita Paul, Pranjal Protim Gogoi, Sarat Phukan, Debajyoti Barooah","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09620-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study reports the terrestrial gamma radiation exposures in dwellings in Makum Coalfield, India, using a Micro-R Gamma Survey Metre. The geometric means (GMs) of indoor and outdoor gamma dose rates were found to be 150.3 ± 7.4 nGy h<sup>−1</sup> and 129.2 ± 6.6 nGy h<sup>−1</sup>, respectively, which are considerably higher than the global population-weighted average of 84 nGy h<sup>−1</sup> and 59 nGy h<sup>−1</sup>, respectively. The estimated GMs of annual effective dose equivalents and excess lifetime cancer risks were also found to be substantially higher than the global recommended values of 0.48 mSv y<sup>−1</sup> and 1.45 × 10<sup>–3</sup>, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"164 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09620-5","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
The present study reports the terrestrial gamma radiation exposures in dwellings in Makum Coalfield, India, using a Micro-R Gamma Survey Metre. The geometric means (GMs) of indoor and outdoor gamma dose rates were found to be 150.3 ± 7.4 nGy h−1 and 129.2 ± 6.6 nGy h−1, respectively, which are considerably higher than the global population-weighted average of 84 nGy h−1 and 59 nGy h−1, respectively. The estimated GMs of annual effective dose equivalents and excess lifetime cancer risks were also found to be substantially higher than the global recommended values of 0.48 mSv y−1 and 1.45 × 10–3, respectively.
期刊介绍：
An international periodical publishing original papers, letters, review papers and short communications on nuclear chemistry. The subjects covered include: Nuclear chemistry, Radiochemistry, Radiation chemistry, Radiobiological chemistry, Environmental radiochemistry, Production and control of radioisotopes and labelled compounds, Nuclear power plant chemistry, Nuclear fuel chemistry, Radioanalytical chemistry, Radiation detection and measurement, Nuclear instrumentation and automation, etc.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
