Radiation Dose Due to Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Soils from Varying Geological Environments. Issue 5 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Feng-Yun J.; Hsu, Fang-Yuh; Chen, Tzung-Yuang; Chao, Jiunn-Hsing
• Is Part Of: Health physics. Volume 116:Issue 5(2019:May)
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: dose, effective -- absorbed dose rate -- naturally occurring radionuclides -- cosmic rays -- gamma spectrometry; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Health Physics -- periodicals; Radiation Protection -- periodicals; Radiotherapy -- periodicals; Medische fysica; Electronic journals; 612.01448
• DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0017-9078

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Field radiation monitoring and radionuclide analysis of soils were performed at various geological areas in Taiwan. The field-observed dose rate was 0.031–0.107 μGy h −1 . The dose rate ascribed to naturally occurring radionuclides in soils that were geologically characterized varied from 0.002 to 0.079 μGy h −1 . A linear correlation was observed between the activity-derived and field-observed dose, which indicated that the absorbed dose rate from the cosmic rays is almost constant (0.030 μGy h −1 ) throughout the flat area on the island.