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

Annual dose rate for Qena governorate population due to consume the animal products 1 corresp first-author Corresponding author. E-mail address: s_r_m_h_10@yahoo.com Corresponding author. E-mail address: s_r_m_h_10@yahoo.com s_r_m_h_10@yahoo.com 1 1 1 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt In this work, the natural radionuclide concentrations of the 226 Ra, 228 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K 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 radionuclides γ -spectrometer Animal and poultry feed Annual effective dose References Harley J H , Naturally occurring sources of radioactive contamination , in: M W Carter (Ed.), Radionuclides in the Food Chain , 1988 , 58 - 71 . Naturally occurring sources of radioactive contamination Yang Y X , Wu X M , Jianga Z Y , Appl Radiat Isot , 2005 , 63 : 255 - 259 . (in Chinese) Appl Radiat Isot Ciuffo L E C , Belli M , Pasquale A . Sci Total Environ , 2002 , 295 : 69 - 80 . (in Italian) Sci Total Environ Gaso M I , Segovia N , Cervantes M L , et al . Radiat Protect Dosime , 20008 , 7 : 213 - 216 . Radiat Protect Dosime Jibiri N N , Ajao A O . J Environ Radioact , 2005 , 78 : 105 - 111 . J Environ Radioact FAO statistics (Food and agriculture organization of united nation , FAOSTAT , http://faostat.fao.org , 2004 . FAOSTAT International atomic energy agency , measurement of radionuclides in food and the environment. Guide book. Technical report series No-295 , IAEA , Viennia , 1989 . measurement of radionuclides in food and the environment. Guide book. Technical report series No-295 Harb S , PhD thesis, On the human radiation exposure as derived from the analysis of natural and man-made radionuclides in soils, center for radiation Protection and Radioecology, ZSR , Hanover University, Germany , 2004 . PhD thesis, On the human radiation exposure as derived from the analysis of natural and man-made radionuclides in soils, center for radiation Protection and Radioecology, ZSR Lentzner H L , Siemering G S , Rath K S . Appendix A . Methods of Dose Calculations , 1998 . Appendix A Till J E , Moore R E , Health Phys , 1988 , 55 : 541 - 548 . Health Phys Staven L H , Rhoads K , Napier B A , et al . http://www.pnl.gov/main/publications/external/technicalreports/PNNL2003,13421 . Unscear, United Nations Scientific Committee on the effects of atomic radiation . Report to the general assembly, with scientific annex b. Exposures from natural radiation sources . UN, New York , 2000 , 93-96, 124-127 . Report to the general assembly, with scientific annex b. Exposures from natural radiation sources Food balance sheet , Ministry of agriculture and land reclamation, economic affairs sector , Egypt , 2006 , 22 - 23 . Food balance sheet Choi M S , Lin X J , Lee S A , et al . J Environ Radiot , 2008 , 99 : 1319 - 1323 . J Environ Radiot Desimoni J , Sives F , Errico L , et al . J Food Comp Anal , 2009 , 22 : 250 - 253 . J Food Comp Anal Al-Masri , Mukallati M S , Al-Hamwi H , et al . J Radio Nucl Chem , 2004 , 260 : 405 - 412 . J Radio Nucl Chem Akinloye M K , Olomo J B , Olubunmi P A . Nucl Instrum Meth in Phys Res A , 1999 , 422 : 795 - 800 . Nucl Instrum Meth in Phys Res A Wrenn M E , Durbin P W , Howard B , et al . Health Phys , 1985 , 48 : 601 - 633 . Health Phys 10.13538/j.1001-8042/nst.21.76-79 2009-08-31 2010-04-20 2021-01-19 2010 Nuclear Science and Techniques 02 21