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DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19010473 |
Assessing the Radiological Risks Associated with High Natural Radioactivity of Microgranitic Rocks: A Case Study in a Northeastern Desert of Egypt | |
Abed, Neveen S.; Monsif, Mohamed Abdel; Zakaly, Hesham M. H.; Awad, Hamdy A.; Hessien, Mahmoud M.; Yap, Chee Kong | |
通讯作者 | Zakaly, HMH (corresponding author),Ural Fed Univ, Inst Phys & Technol, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia. ; Zakaly, HMH (corresponding author),Al Azhar Univ, Assiut Branch, Phys Dept, Fac Sci, Assiut 71524, Egypt. ; Yap, CK (corresponding author),Univ Putra Malaysia UPM, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Serdang 43400, Malaysia. |
来源期刊 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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EISSN | 1660-4601 |
出版年 | 2022 |
卷号 | 19期号:1 |
英文摘要 | This study aimed to evaluate the radiological hazards of uranium (U-238), thorium (Th-232), and potassium (K-40) in microgranitic rocks from the southeastern part of Wadi Baroud, a northeastern desert of Egypt. The activity concentrations of the measured radionuclides were determined by using a gamma-ray spectrometer (NaI-Tl-activated detector). The mean (U-238), (Th-232), and (K-40) concentrations in the studied rocks were found to be 3680.3, 3635.2, and 822.76 Bq/kg, respectively. The contents in these rocks were elevated, reaching up to 6.3 wt%. This indicated the alkaline nature of these rocks. The high ratios of Th/U in the mineralized rocks could be related to late magmatic mineralization, suggesting the ascent of late magmatic fluids through weak planes such as faults and the contact of these rocks with older granites. The present data were higher than those of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) guideline limits. All the radiological hazard results indicated high human health risks. This confirmed that this area is not radiologically safe, and care must be taken when working in this area. This study showed that the area under investigation had high U content suitable for uranium extraction that could be used in the nuclear fuel cycle. |
英文关键词 | Wadi Al-Baroud high activity concentration radiological impacts microgranite Egypt |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
开放获取类型 | gold, Green Published |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000752245900001 |
WOS关键词 | SOIL SAMPLES ; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ; EASTERN DESERT ; RADIONUCLIDES ; SEDIMENTS ; AREA ; ASSESSMENTS ; RADIATION ; HAZARDS ; REGION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376714 |
作者单位 | [Abed, Neveen S.; Monsif, Mohamed Abdel] Nucl Mat Author, Geochem Explorat Dept, POB 530, Cairo, Egypt; [Zakaly, Hesham M. H.] Ural Fed Univ, Inst Phys & Technol, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia; [Zakaly, Hesham M. H.] Al Azhar Univ, Assiut Branch, Phys Dept, Fac Sci, Assiut 71524, Egypt; [Awad, Hamdy A.] Southern Fed Univ, Inst Earth Sci, Zorge St 40, Rostov Na Donu 344090, Russia; [Awad, Hamdy A.] Al Azhar Univ, Assuit Branch, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Assiut 71524, Egypt; [Hessien, Mahmoud M.] Taif Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Chem, POB 11099, At Taif 21974, Saudi Arabia; [Yap, Chee Kong] Univ Putra Malaysia UPM, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Serdang 43400, Malaysia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Abed, Neveen S.,Monsif, Mohamed Abdel,Zakaly, Hesham M. H.,et al. Assessing the Radiological Risks Associated with High Natural Radioactivity of Microgranitic Rocks: A Case Study in a Northeastern Desert of Egypt[J],2022,19(1). |
APA | Abed, Neveen S.,Monsif, Mohamed Abdel,Zakaly, Hesham M. H.,Awad, Hamdy A.,Hessien, Mahmoud M.,&Yap, Chee Kong.(2022).Assessing the Radiological Risks Associated with High Natural Radioactivity of Microgranitic Rocks: A Case Study in a Northeastern Desert of Egypt.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,19(1). |
MLA | Abed, Neveen S.,et al."Assessing the Radiological Risks Associated with High Natural Radioactivity of Microgranitic Rocks: A Case Study in a Northeastern Desert of Egypt".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 19.1(2022). |
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