title: Natural radioactivity and radiation hazards assessment of soil samples from the area of Tuzla and Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: The results of activity concentration measurements of natural occurring radioactive nuclides (238)U, (235)U, (232)Th, (226)Ra, and (40)K in surface soil samples collected in the area of cities Tuzla and Lukavac, northeast region of Bosnia and Herzegovina were presented. Soil sampling was conducted at the localities that are situated in the vicinity of industrial zones of these cities. The measured activity was in the range from (8 ± 4) to (95 ± 28) Bq kg(-1) for (238)U, from (0.41 ± 0.06) to (4.6 ± 0.7) Bq kg(-1) for (235)U, from (7 ± 1) to (66 ± 7) Bq kg(-1) for (232)Th, from (6 ± 1) to (55 ± 6) Bq kg(-1) for (226)Ra, and from (83 ± 12) to (546 ± 55) Bq kg(-1) for (40)K. In order to evaluate the radiological hazard of the natural radioactivity for people living near industrial zones, the absorbed dose rate, the annual effective dose and the radium equivalent activity have been calculated and compared with the internationally approved values.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physics, Faculty of Science , University of Tuzla , Tuzla , Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Amira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kasumović
authors.forename: Feriz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adrović
authors.forename: Amela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kasić
authors.forename: Ema
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hankić
mesh_terms: D001417:Background Radiation; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis*; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D011883:Radium
keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; gamma spectrometry; natural radioactivity; radiation hazards; radioactive nuclides; soil