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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on May 24, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 128(1):77-82; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm236
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Natural radioactivity measurements in rock samples of Cuihua Mountain National Geological Park, China

Xinwei Lu* and Xiaolan Zhang

School of Tourism and Environment, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China

* Corresponding author: luxinwei{at}snnu.edu.cn

Received March 2, 2007, amended March 2, 2007, accepted March 30, 2007

The concentrations of the natural radionuclides namely 40K, 232Th and 226Ra in rock samples collected from Cuihua Mountain National Geological Park of China have been determined using a NaI(Tl) detector. The concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in the studied rock samples range from 10.7 to 34.8, 19.9 to 53.6 and 642.7 to 1609.9 Bq kg–1 with an average of 20.4, 30.1 and 1009.5 Bq kg–1, respectively. The concentrations of these radionuclides are compared with the typical world values. To evaluate the radiological hazard of the natural radioactivity, the radium equivalent activity, the air absorbed dose rate, the annual effective dose rate, the representative level index and the values of both external and internal hazard indices were evaluated and compared with the internationally approved values. The radium equivalent activity values of all rock samples are lower than the limit of 370 Bq kg–1. The values of Hex and Hin are less than unity. The mean outdoor air absorbed dose rate is 69.7 nGy h–1, and the corresponding outdoor effective dose rate is 0.086 mSv y–1.


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