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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
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).