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MONITORING AND CHARACTERISATION OF NEW EVIDENCE OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES IN ROCK OUTCROPS IN PARAÍBA—BRAZIL

2019; Oxford University Press; Volume: 187; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/rpd/ncz166

ISSN

1742-3406

Autores

Josineide Marques do Nascimento Santos, José Araújo dos Santos Júnior, Romilton dos Santos Amaral, Zahily Herrero Fernández, Jairo Dias Bezerra, Mariana Brayner Cavalcanti, Arykerne Nascimento Casado da Silva, Eduardo Eudes Nóbrega de Araújo, Lino Angel Valcárcel Rojas, Marvic Ortueta Milán, Filipe Lopes de Barros Correia,

Tópico(s)

Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies

Resumo

The radiometric monitoring carried out in the present study allowed the discovery of anomalous granite outcrops in natural radionuclides in the rural area of São Mamede in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. The characterisation study made it possible to determine maximum specific concentrations of approximately 199 kBq kg-1 of 238U, 85 kBq kg-1 of 226Ra, 26 kBq kg-1 of 232Th and 24 kBq kg-1 of 40K. Models for environmental dosimetry were applied, which resulted in obtaining the following quantities: radium equivalent (Raeq), indices of external (Hex), internal (Hin) and representative (Iyr) damage, and the effective outdoor dose (HE). The maximum results presented were approximately 123 kBq kg-1, 332, 562, 832, and 68 mSv y-1, respectively. Consequently, it was possible to define the region as of high radioactive background due to isolated rocky outcrops located in the rural area of the mentioned municipality.

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