Levels and effects of natural radionuclides in sediment banks of Rhumel River (Northeast Algeria)

Ghania Bouhıla; Fatima Benrachı; Mourad Ramdhane

doi:10.17776/csj.360133

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Levels and effects of natural radionuclides in sediment banks of Rhumel River (Northeast Algeria)

Abstract

Activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in Boumerzoug River sediment (the main tributary of Rhumel river) have been measured using high resolution HPGe detector. The activity concentrations of the samples were range from 16.66±2.32 Bq/kg to 43.48±4.03 Bq/kg with mean value of 26.64±1.33 Bq/kg for ²²⁶Ra, 20.01±1.98 Bq/kg to 32.71±3.85 Bq/kg with the mean value 25.95±1.46 Bq/kg for ²³²Th and 81.70±33.59 Bq/kg to 259.20±38.80 Bq/kg with the mean value 164.50±11.30 Bq/kg for ⁴⁰K. These values were used to estimate the radiation hazard indices. The absorbed dose and annual effective dose were evaluated to assess the radiation risk due to the use of these sediments.

Keywords

River sediment,Natural Radioactivity,HPGe Detector

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Ghania Bouhıla ^*
Laboratory of Mathematical and Subatomic Physics (LPMS), Frères Mentouri Constantine University, Algeria
Algeria

Fatima Benrachı
Laboratory of Mathematical and Subatomic Physics (LPMS), Frères Mentouri Constantine University, Algeria
Algeria

Mourad Ramdhane
LPSC, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex France

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June 29, 2018

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December 1, 2017

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March 22, 2018

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Year 2018 Volume: 39 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.360133

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Bouhıla, G., Benrachı, F., & Ramdhane, M. (2018). Levels and effects of natural radionuclides in sediment banks of Rhumel River (Northeast Algeria). Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 39(2), 349-356. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.360133

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