Authors: Shigang Chao Xinwei Lu Mengmeng Zhang Long Pang
Publish Date: 2014/03/05
Volume: 300, Issue: 2, Pages: 879-885
Abstract
Natural radioactivity of the commonly used building materials in Xining of China was measured using gammaray spectrometer system comprising a NaITl detector Radioactivity concentrations of 226Ra 232Th and 40K in the studied samples range from 116 to 1206 102 to 1071 and 2280 to 10362 Bq kg−1 respectively The concentrations for these natural radionuclides were compared with the reported data of other countries and the mean value for soil Radium equivalent activity indoor air absorbed dose rate annual effective dose rate as well as external and internal hazard indices were calculated to assess radiological hazards for people living in dwelling made of the building materials The radiological hazard assessment results show that the studied building materials except for some aerated concrete block samples are safe for use in construction of dwellings in the study area and do not pose any significant source of radiation hazardThis work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities through Grants GK200901008 All experiments were finished in the environmental radioactivity laboratory of Shaanxi Normal University Gratitude is expressed to G Yang and C Zhao for their help with sample preparation and experiments The authors also thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions and critical reviews of the manuscript
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