1. Assessment of gross α and β radioactivity for drinking water in Hatay province, Turkey.
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Turgay, Muttalip Ergun, Yazici, A. Necmeddin, Taskin, Halim, Kam, Erol, and Karahan, Gürsel
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RADIOACTIVITY ,DRINKING water analysis ,RADIATION doses ,WATER sampling ,BACKGROUND radiation - Abstract
In this study, the radioactivity analysis was performed in drinking water of Hatay province which is in the southeast region of Turkey. Using ten channels low-level proportional counter, the average “grossα” and “grossβ” activity concentrations of the 39 water samples were measured as 36.69 and 116.36 mBq/L, respectively. All values of the “grossα” and “grossβ” were lower than the limit values of 500 and 1,000 mBq/L, recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). The average annual effective doses were calculated to be 7.50 μSv for theα-emitters and 58.61 μSv for theβ-emitters. The results obtained in this study indicate that theaverageannual effective doses for all water samples are below the reference level as 0.1 mSv, recommended by WHO. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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