2014/10/27 by Akbar Abbasi, Abbasi, Akbar, Mustfa Hassanzadeh +1
Health Professions · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis #Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1502.04723
openalex publication_date 2014/10/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Natural radioactivity concentrations in high exposure building materials are commonly used in Iran, which is measured a direct exposure by using γ-ray spectrometry. The values for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were in the ranges 3.8 - 94.2, 6.5 - 172.2 and 556.9 - 1539.2 Bqkg-1, respectively. The absorbed dose rates in the standard dwelling room due to 238U, 232Th series and 40K were calculated with MCNPX code. The simulation and experimental results were between 7.95 - 41.74 and 8.36 - 39.99 nGy h-1, respectively. These results were compared with experimental outing and there was overlap closely. The simulation results are able to develop for any kind of dwelling places.