Radioactivity concentration and radiological risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline in the Mediterranean Sea

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dc.contributor.authorAbbasi, Akbar
dc.contributor.authorZakaly, Hesham M. H.
dc.contributor.authorAlotaibi, B. M.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T18:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentDoğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractA radiological baseline survey was conducted using a calculation analysis to assess the 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs distribution in beach sand samples collected from the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea. An analysis of the activity concentration of selected radionuclides was conducted. No evidence of recent migration of radio caesium was found through precipitation, as well as indirect pathways, such as ocean runoff. The activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs in beach sands ranged from 12 & PLUSMN; 1 to 37 & PLUSMN; 4 Bq kg- 1 (mean of 26 & PLUSMN; 3 Bq kg- 1); 18 & PLUSMN; 2 to 71 & PLUSMN; 8 Bq kg- 1(mean of 40 & PLUSMN; 5 Bq kg- 1); 411 & PLUSMN; 10 to 720 & PLUSMN; 16 Bq kg- 1(mean of 572 & PLUSMN; 12 Bq kg- 1); and 0.8 & PLUSMN; 0.1 to 3.1 & PLUSMN; 0.6 Bq kg- 1 (mean of 1.9 & PLUSMN; 0.3 Bq kg- 1), respectively. The radiological risk assessment showed that in all cases the values were lower than those that endanger life and safe work.
dc.description.sponsorshipPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [PNURSP2023R32]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2023R32) & nbsp;Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115527
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4664-3744
dc.identifier.pmid37714075
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85171600955
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115527
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/13132
dc.identifier.volume195
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001073497700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260204
dc.subjectRadiological risk
dc.subjectBeach sand
dc.subjectActivity concentration
dc.subjectMediterranean Sea
dc.subject137Cs
dc.titleRadioactivity concentration and radiological risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline in the Mediterranean Sea
dc.typeArticle

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