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Review Study of Natural Radioactivity in the Soil of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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PP: 225-230 |
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doi:10.18576/jrna/080305
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Author(s) |
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Zainab Z. Alfull,
Amal A. Albukari,
Raneem K. Alzahrani,
Shahad M. Alharbi,
Afnan M. Qattan,
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Abstract |
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| Radioactivity can be found in different amounts in nature, such as in Soil, water, and air. Radioactivity has health-related effects on individuals. Therefore, it is important to recognize protection and shielding methods against radiation for public health. So that in this work, we have studied the natural Radioactivity in the Soil in the various regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Madinah, Makkah, Asir, Al-Baha, Najran, the Eastern Province, Riyadh, Al-Qassim), where we have reviewed the concentrations of Radioactivity for naturally occurring terrestrial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) in soil samples which were studied in different articles about the regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Accordingly, the internal and external exposure values were calculated and compared with the safety standards approved by the International Commission for Radiation Protection. The results of this work showed that the values of the external exposure hazards index and internal exposure hazard index are less than one in the selected areas were identical to the International Commission recommendation. Thus, there are no health-related concerns to the individuals living in these regions and their surrounding environment.
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