Author： Karakaya Muazzez Çelik Doğru Mahmut Karakaya Necati Vural Hasibe Cingilli Kuluöztürk Fatih Bal Sultan Şahin
Publisher： Mineralogical Society
E-ISSN： 1471-8030|50|2|221-232
ISSN： 1471-8030
Source： Clay Minerals, Vol.50, Iss.2, 2015-06, pp. : 221-232
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Abstract
The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in peloids were studied to assess the radiologic hazard from 18 Turkish spas. The peloids are mainly used for therapeutic treatments, rheumatic diseases and aesthetic purposes. The concentrations of the natural radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were determined with a gamma ray spectrometer using a HPGe detector. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs in the peloids studied were 110.69, 71.52, 576.48 and 0.447 Bq/kg, respectively. The radium equivalent activities in the peloid samples ranged from 63.3 to 766.77 Bq/kg. The absorbed dose rate (Dout) varied between 37.52 and 330.67 nGy/h and most of the observed spa doses are greater than the worldwide recommended values. The annual effective dose values range from 0.26 to 2.78 μSv/y. The annual gonadal dose equivalents of the samples vary from 224.07 to 2283.55 with a mean of 821.99 μSv/y.
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