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Environmental Radioactivity of Radon and its Hazards in Hamash Gold Mine, Egypt

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Radon concentrations have been measured using Sealed Can Technique with CR-39 detector for twenty collected samples from Hamash gold mine area, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. This area is one of the most important areas of gold-bearing granites in Arabian Nubian Shield and being used as a gold mine. Radon comes into the air from the natural decay of radium deposits in the rocks depending on the geographical and the geological features of the study region. The average values of radon concentrations, exhalation rates, annual effective doses, and working levels are found to be equal to 27.18 ± 0.13 kBqm-3, 3.27 ± 0.03 Bqm-2h-1, 686.27 ± 5.15 mSvy-1 and 2.94 ± 0.02 respectively. The results indicate that the radon concentrations of all samples are higher than the recommended world limit given by ICRP and IAEA. The present study can be used to assess any changes in the radioactive background and any harmful radiation effect on the human in this area.

DOI

10.21608/ajnsa.2019.10796.1191

Keywords

Radon, CR-39, Gold mine, Can technique, Annual effective dose, Radiation

Authors

First Name

Gehad

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

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gehads944@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Yousef

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Suez University, Suez, Egypt

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h_yosef2013@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mitwalli

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt.

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meto_mms@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0003-3967-0020

First Name

Ali

Last Name

El farrash

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Physics department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

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ali_elfarrash@hotmail.com

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Cairo

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Volume

52

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4

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7966

Issue Date

2019-10-01

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2019-03-18

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2019-10-01

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190

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196

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1110-0451

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2090-4258

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Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

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Environmental Radioactivity of Radon and its Hazards in Hamash Gold Mine, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023