Measuring the concentration of radon in the soil of some schools in Misan Governorate, southern Iraq, using the nuclear trace detector CR-39
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Soil Radon gas Nuclear Impact Detector Impact intensity Soil SamplesAbstract
The nuclear trace detector (CR-39) was used to study the environmental pollution resulting from nuclear radiation in the soil of sites representing schools in Missan Governorate. Samples were taken for (12) samples from the regions, which are (the new neighborhood of teachers, Al-Kahla, Awasha, Qalaat Saleh, the old Hussein neighborhood, the old teachers’ neighborhood, Dur Al-Naft, Al-Majidiyah, Maghribeh, Al-Musharrah, Al-Uzair, Al-Qadisiyah). The gas concentration rate was determined The results obtained showed that the highest concentration rate of radon gas was in the Maghrabi region (4.0792 Bq.m-3), followed by the Majdiyah region, where the concentration rate was (2.5859 Bq.m-3). Then the area (Dour Al-Naft, Al-Mushrah, Al-Uzair) where the concentration rate was (2.3269 Bq.m-3) and then the area (New Al-Moallem District, Al-Moallem Al-Old District, Al-Hussein Al-Qadim District, Qalaat Saleh) where the average concentration was (1.6359). Bq.m-3) and then (Al-Kahla, Al-Qadisiyah, Awasha) where the average concentration was (0.6312 Bq.m-3). It is clear that the radon gas pollution in the Maghreb region is more than the rest of the regions.
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