Assessment of gross α and β radioactivity for drinking water in Hatay province, Turkey. Issue 11 (2nd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Turgay, Muttalip Ergun; Yazici, A. Necmeddin; Taskin, Halim; Kam, Erol; Karahan, Gürsel
• Is Part Of: Desalination and water treatment. Volume 57:Issue 11(2016)
• Page Start: 4960
• Page End: 4965
• Publication Date: 2016-03-02
• Subjects: Radioactivity -- Gross α -- Gross β -- Annual effective dose -- Water -- Hatay; Saline water conversion -- Periodicals; Saline water conversion; Water -- Purification; Periodicals; 628.167
• DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.1000384
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3994

Abstract

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 "gross α " and "gross β " activity concentrations of the 39 water samples were measured as 36.69 and 116.36 mBq/L, respectively. All values of the "gross α " and "gross β " 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 the α -emitters and 58.61 μSv for the β -emitters. The results obtained in this study indicate that the average annual effective doses for all water samples are below the reference level as 0.1 mSv, recommended by WHO.