The radon concentrations of some waters in Bitlis (Turkey) and their dose estimates

Sultan Şahin Bal (), Erkan Tanrıverdi, Sezai Yalçın, Mahmut Doğru and Fahrettin Özbey
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Sultan Şahin Bal: Bitlis Eren University
Erkan Tanrıverdi: Bitlis Eren University
Sezai Yalçın: Bitlis Eren University
Mahmut Doğru: Fırat University
Fahrettin Özbey: Bitlis Eren University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 12, No 22, 17650-17667

Abstract: Abstract The activity concentration values of 222Rn radio-isotope, which in an alpha active isotope, were measured in Bitlis and its district water samples in this study. The samples were analyzed with AlphaGuard PQ 2000 PRO active radon measuring system. The radon values are in the range of 0.59 and 66.00 Bq/L. The annual inhalation effective dose (1.47–166.32 µSv/y), annual ingestion effective dose (for adults (1.50–168.63 µSv/y), children (1.14–128.50 µSv/y) and babies (0.31–34.91 µSv/y)), annual effective dose for stomach (for adults (0.18–20.24 µSv/y), children (0.14 to 15.42 µSv/y) and babies (0.04–4.19 µSv/y)), annual effective dose for lung (0.18–19.96 µSv/y) were estimated. The concentration level of 222Rn in Bitlis water samples was found higher than permissible maximum value defined by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (11.1 Bq/L).

Keywords: Radon-222 in water; Dose calculation; Risk factor analyses; AlphaGuard; Statistic; Bitlis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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