<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The isotope activity concentration of rocks and bottom sediments was evaluated based on the samples collected from sedimentation ponds and gangue repositories. Radium 226Ra, thorium 228Th and potassium 40K activities were measured by gamma spectrometry using high-purity germanium detector – HPGe 4020. The radiation effect resulting from the presence of natural radionuclides was estimated by radiological hazard indices such as <italic>f</italic>1 and <italic>f</italic>2 coefficients, radium equivalent, internal and external hazard indices and absorbed dose rate. Performed measurements and calculations have shown that the bottom sediments are most contaminated. They may pose a serious radiological hazard for present and future generations.</abstract>

The isotope activity concentration of rocks and bottom sediments was evaluated based on the samples collected from sedimentation ponds and gangue repositories. Radium 226Ra, thorium 228Th and potassium 40K activities were measured by gamma spectrometry using high-purity germanium detector – HPGe 4020. The radiation effect resulting from the presence of natural radionuclides was estimated by radiological hazard indices such as f1 and f2 coefficients, radium equivalent, internal and external hazard indices and absorbed dose rate. Performed measurements and calculations have shown that the bottom sediments are most contaminated. They may pose a serious radiological hazard for present and future generations.

Suitability of rocks and sediments from Brzeszcze and Silesia coal mines as building materials in terms of radiological hazard

Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science

Nukleonika

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The isotope activity concentration of rocks and bottom sediments was evaluated based on the samples collected from sedimentation ponds and gangue repositories....

Suitability of rocks and sediments from Brzeszcze and Silesia coal mines as building materials in terms of radiological hazard

Published Online: Apr 24, 2019

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Oct 31, 2017

Accepted: Feb 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2019-0008

Keywords
dosing tanks, radiological hazard, K-40, Ra-226, Th-228

© 2019 Monika Śleziak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Suitability of rocks and sediments from Brzeszcze and Silesia coal mines as building materials in terms of radiological hazard

Published Online: Apr 24, 2019

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Oct 31, 2017

Accepted: Feb 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2019-0008

Keywordsdosing tanks, radiological hazard, K-40, Ra-226, Th-228

© 2019 Monika Śleziak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
dosing tanks, radiological hazard, K-40, Ra-226, Th-228