Assessment of gross α and β radioactivity for drinking water in Hatay province, Turkey

Muttalip Ergun Turgay; A. Necmeddin Yazici; Halim Taskin; Erol Kam; Gürsel Karahan

doi:10.1080/19443994.2014.1000384

Assessment of gross α and β radioactivity for drinking water in Hatay province, Turkey

Muttalip Ergun Turgay^*, A. Necmeddin Yazici, Halim Taskin, Erol Kam, Gürsel Karahan

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Abstract

In this study, the radioactivity analysis was performed in drinking water of Hatay province which is in the southeast region of Turkey. Using ten channels low-level proportional counter, the average “gross α” and “gross β” activity concentrations of the 39 water samples were measured as 36.69 and 116.36 mBq/L, respectively. All values of the “gross α” and “gross β” were lower than the limit values of 500 and 1,000 mBq/L, recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). The average annual effective doses were calculated to be 7.50 μSv for the α-emitters and 58.61 μSv for the β-emitters. The results obtained in this study indicate that the average annual effective doses for all water samples are below the reference level as 0.1 mSv, recommended by WHO.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4960-4965
Number of pages	6
Journal	Desalination and Water Treatment
Volume	57
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.1000384
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Annual effective dose
Gross α
Gross β
Hatay
Radioactivity
Water

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