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Gross α and β activity concentrations in various water from Karaman, Turkey

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Natural activity concentrations in water sources are necessary to assess the effects of exposure to environmental radiation. The purpose of this study is to determine the activity concentrations of gross α and β in various water samples collected from 30 different locations in Karaman province, Turkey. The estimated values of activities of gross α and β obtained from water samples vary from 0.006 to 0.125 Bq L−1and from 0.001 to 0.667 Bq L−1, respectively. The gross β activities have been found always higher than the corresponding gross α activities for all samples. The obtained values indicated that concentration levels of α and β emitting radionuclides in samples have not exceeded WHO recommendations. The results represented here that the AED values are below of recommended reference level (0.1 mSv year−1) by the WHO for all water samples in this study.

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This work was supported by Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Scientific Research Project (14–M–14).

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  1. Department of Physics, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey

    Mehmet Emin Korkmaz & Osman Agar

  2. Sarayköy Nuclear Research and Training Center, 06983, Ankara, Turkey

    Mihriban Şahin

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Korkmaz, M.E., Agar, O. & Şahin, M. Gross α and β activity concentrations in various water from Karaman, Turkey. Environ Earth Sci 75, 14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4909-2

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