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Assessments of Natural Radioactivity Concentration and Radiological Hazard Indices in Surface Soils from the Gözlek Thermal SPA (Amasya-Turkey)

B. Bolat^a, F. Öner^b and B. Çetin^a
^aAmasya University, Sciences and Arts Faculty, Amasya, Turkey
^bAmasya University, Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department, Amasya, Turkey

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The concentration of natural radioactivity was determined in the surface soil of the Gözlek Thermal SPA in Amasya. The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in soil samples were determined using gamma-ray spectrometer, containing a 3"× 3" NaI(Tl) detector connected to multi-channel-analyser. The photo-peaks at 1460, 1764 and 2615 keV are due to ⁴⁰K, ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th, respectively. The radiological hazard indices of the natural radionuclides content, radium equivalent activities Ra_eq, absorbed dose rate (ADR), annual effective dose rate (AEDR) and external hazard index H_ex were also calculated.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.132.1200
PACS numbers: 29.90.+r, 29.30.-h