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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on August 8, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 121(3):297-302; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl099
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Assessment of gamma dose rates from terrestrial exposure in Serbia and Montenegro

S. Dragovic1,*, Lj. Jankovic2 and A. Onjia3

1 Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy - INEP, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2 Military Medical Academy, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
3 Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

* Corresponding author: sdragovic{at}inep.co.yu

Received March 22, 2006, amended June 13, 2006, accepted June 25, 2006


  Abstract

The gamma dose rates due to naturally occuring terrestrial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) were calculated based on their activities in soil samples, determined by gamma-ray spectrometry. A total of 140 soil samples from 21 different regions of Serbia and Montenegro were collected. The gamma dose rates ranged from 7.40 to 29.7 nGy h–1 for 226Ra, from 12.9 to 46.5 nGy h–1 for 232Th and from 12.5 to 37.1 nGy h–1 for 40K. The total absorbed gamma dose rate due to these radionuclides varied from 34.5 to 97.6 nGy h–1 with mean of 66.8 nGy h–1. Assuming a 20% occupancy factor, the corresponding annual effective dose varied from 4.23 x 10–5 to 11.9 x 10–5 Sv with mean of 8.19 x 10–5 Sv, i.e. the dose was lower than world wide average value. According to the values of external hazard index (mean: 0.39) obtained in this study, the radiation hazard was found to be insignificant for population living in the investigated area.


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