Annual dose rate for Qena governorate population due to consume the animal products

LOW ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND RADIATION APPLICATIONS

Annual dose rate for Qena governorate population due to consume the animal products

S. Harb，

K. Sahalel Din，

A. Abbady，

Nagwa Saad

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.21, No.2

pp.76-79

Published in print 20 Apr 2010

DOI：10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.21.76-79

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In this work, the natural radionuclide concentrations of the ²²⁶Ra, ²²⁸Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K were estimated from samples of cattle and poultry fodder, South Valley University farms and Qena Governorate farm, Qena, Upper Egypt. The radionuclide concentrations and annual consumption rate of twenty-nine animal fodders were analyzed using low-level γ-spectrometer, including a mixture fodder, silage, hay, rice straw, and poultry fodder. The irradiation risk of human health was assessed due to indirect ingestion of the beef, milk, poultry and egg, the annual effective dose of the radionuclides for the local consumer was 2.7, 14, 0.1, and 0.14 µSv·y^–1, respectively.

Radioactivity, Natural radionuclidesγ-spectrometerAnimal and poultry feedAnnual effective dose

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