ABSTRACT: A three main types of measurements were performed in order to get a complete assignment for radioactivity impacts for the studied area,i) A ground gamma-ray spectrometric survey has been performed using a portable gamma-ray spectrometer model Rs-230., The gamma-ray spectrometric maps acquired indicate various concentrations of radioactivity over the studied area, which reflects a contrasting radioelement contents for the exposed rock. ii) The activity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides in the area under investigation, were determined using high pure germanium detector (HPGe) with a specially designed shield, in order to assess the radiological health hazards.Absorbed dose rate (D), radium equivalent (Raeq), external hazard index (Hex), annual effective dose equivalent (AEDE), representative level index (Iγ), excess lifetime cancer risks (ELCR) and annual gonadal dose equivalent (AGDE) are calculated.The results were compared with the international recommended.......
Key words: Granitic Gneisses/ Natural radioactivity/ Activity ratios/ Annual gonadal dose equivalent/ Excess life cancer risk.
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