A review: Natural and artificial radionuclides and radiation hazard parameters in the soil of mountain regions in Serbia
Prirodni i proizvedeni radionuklidi u zemljištu planinskih regiona Republike Srbije i parametri radijacionog rizika
Abstract
This review paper discusses the content of natural ( 40K, 238U, 226Ra, and 232Th) and artificial (137Cs) radionuclides in the soil of the mountains of Maljen, Tara and Kopaonik in the Republic of Serbia over 2002-2015. In addition, the paper gives radiation hazard parameters, i.e., radium equivalent activity, absorbed dose rate, annual effective dose equivalent, external hazard index, annual gonadal dose equivalent, and excess lifetime cancer risk outdoors that we calculated from the obtained content of the natural radionuclides in the soil samples. We compared the parameters to previously published results for different parts of the country and looked into the radioecological status of the investigated areas.
U radu su prikazani rezultati gamaspektrometrijskog određivanja sadržaja prirodnih (40K, 238U, 226Ra i 232Th) i proizvedenog (137Cs) radionuklida u zemljištu sa područja planina Maljen, Tara i Kopaonik. Uzorci zemljišta prikupljeni su u periodu od 2002. do 2015. godine na različitim nadmorskim visinama. Na osnovu sadržaja radionuklida u zemljištu odredili smo parametre radijacionog rizika: radijum ekvivalentnu aktivnost, jačinu doze, godišnju efektivnu dozu spoljašnjeg zračenja, indeks spoljašnjeg hazarda, godišnju gonadnu dozu i faktor rizika pojave kancera na području planinskih regiona Republike Srbije, i potom ih uporedili sa ranije objavljenim rezultatima za pojedine regione Republike Srbije.
Keywords:
soil / radionuclides / gamma spectrometry / radiation hazard parameters / mountain region / zemljište / radionuklidi / gama spektrometrija / parametri radijacionog rizika / planinski regionSource:
Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2020, 65, 1, 1-18Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd
Projects:
- Development of technologies and products based on mineral raw materials and waste biomass for protection of natural resources for safe food production (RS-31003)
- Development of technological processes for obtaining of ecological materials based on nonmetallic minerals (RS-34013)
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)