https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06077-7
Regular Article
Concentrations of alpha emitters in foodstuffs manufactured in the Bashiqa Region in Iraq using CR-39 detector
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Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Al-Hamdaniya, 41006, Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq
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Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Mosul, 41001, Mosul, Iraq
Received:
5
November
2024
Accepted:
1
February
2025
Published online:
17
February
2025
Eating various meals exposes humans to a certain degree of radiation because natural radioactivity is always present in diet. Measuring the uranium activity and radon in a selected foods manufactured in the Bashiqa Region is the focus of this investigation using CR-39 detector. The findings demonstrated that the uranium activity concentration ranged from 0.9 to 2.56 Bq kg−1. The radon concentration ranges from 54.8 to 99.3 Bq m−3. The results indicated that all radon concentrations were significantly lower than of 400 Bq m−3 the worldwide standard radon recommended concentration by the (ICRP) international commission on radiological protection. According to this research, food items are safe from uranium and radon pollution.
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