RADIOACTIVITY LEVEL OF THE GAMMA-EMITTERS IN ISMAILIA CANAL ENVIRONMENT

Authors
MALIK WEYA YOUSSEF SK IBRAHIM AS
Citation
Weya. Malik et al., RADIOACTIVITY LEVEL OF THE GAMMA-EMITTERS IN ISMAILIA CANAL ENVIRONMENT, Radiochimica Acta, 61(2), 1993, pp. 109-111
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Radiochimica Acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338230
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
109 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8230(1993)61:2<109:RLOTGI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The activity level of the gamma-emitting radionuclides was measured in the different component of Ismailia Canal (bottom sediment, biota and water) by gamma-spectrometry. The average activity level of the dry s amples ranged from 12 to 89 Bq/kg for the detected natural radionuclid es. The annual external gamma-dose to the living organisms in the cana l, close to the sediment beds, was found to be in the range of 1.21 +/ - 0.24 mSv/y and does not present any significant hazards when compare d with the natural gamma-ray background around the Ismalia Canal (IC) environment which ranges from 0.80 to 1.73 mSv/y.