Determination of radioactivity levels of soil samples and the excess of lifetime cancer risk in Rize province, Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0003-0241-2052en_US
dc.authorid0000-0002-6511-9526en_US
dc.authorid0000-0002-1579-7193
dc.contributor.authorDizman, Serdar
dc.contributor.authorGörür, Filiz Korkmaz
dc.contributor.authorKeser, Recep
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T19:43:20Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T19:43:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentBAİBÜ, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Fizik Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Turkey, especially the northern part of it, was one of the countries which were contaminated by the Chernobyl accident. Rize is a city located in the Northeastern district of Turkey which was heavily influenced by the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Materials and Methods: In this study, the activity concentrations of natural (Ra-226, Th-232, K-40) and artificial (Cs-137) were measurements in soil samples collected from 132 different points in Rize province of Turkey using gamma spectrometry with a high-purity germanium detector. Results: The average activity concentrations of Ra-226, Th-232 and K-40 were found to be 85.75 11.77, 51.08 9.42, and 771.57 37.65 Bq/kg in soil samples, respectively. In order to evaluate the radiological hazard of the natural radioactivity, radium equivalent activity (Ra-eq), representative level index (I-gamma r), the external hazard index (Hex), the total absorbed dose rate (D), the annual effective dose equivalent (AEDE) and excess life time cancer risk (ELCR) have been calculated and compared with the internationally approved values. Conclusion: The outdoor air absorbed dose rates (D) due to terrestrial gamma rays for soil have been calculated because of agricultural area and living in the surrounding. It is important to determine background radiation level in order to evaluate the health hazards. Annual effective gamma doses and the lifetime risks of cancer were higher than the world's average. Moreover compared to the World's average, the lifetime risk of cancer doubled for most of the localities.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.18869/acadpub.ijrr.143.237
dc.identifier.endpage244en_US
dc.identifier.issn2322-3243
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84990913651en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage237en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/8754
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000391053200010
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000391053200010en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorDizman, Serdar
dc.institutionauthorKeser, Recep
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIjrr-Iranian Journal Radiation Resen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal Of Radiation Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectRadioactivityen_US
dc.subjectSoilen_US
dc.subjectLifetime Cancer Risken_US
dc.subjectGamma Doseen_US
dc.titleDetermination of radioactivity levels of soil samples and the excess of lifetime cancer risk in Rize province, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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