Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection 2018 Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages: 106-111
https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1801106K
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Seasonal variation of indoor and outdoor gamma dose rates of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir
Kaur Manpreet (DAV College, Department of Physics, Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab, India + Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)
Kumar Ajay (DAV College, Department of Physics, Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar, Punjab, India)
Mehra Rohit (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)
Mishra Rosaline (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Mumbai, India)
In the present study, the indoor gamma dose rate has been studied seasonally
and the outdoor gamma dose rate was also measured in and around the 24
dwellings of 10 villages of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, at
about one meter above the ground surfaces by using Dosimeter-Radiometer
MKS-03 (SARAD). The study was carried out to assess the annual equivalent
dose rate for the inhabitants of the dwellings. The survey was designed in
such a way so as to obtain a uniform and representative distribution of
measurements locations. The indoor to outdoor dose ratio was calculated as
1.8, which indicated that the indoor gamma dose rate as compared to outdoor
gamma dose rate has elevated levels of radon exposure due to confined space
and poor ventilation. The average indoor gamma dose rate for three seasons
such as winter, summer, and rainy were 0.18 ± 0.02, 0.12 ± 0.03, and 0.15 ± 0.03
μSvh-1, respectively. It was observed that the indoor gamma dose rate during
the winter season is higher than those for rainy and summer seasons. The
indoor and outdoor annual equivalent dose rate was also measured from the
health hazard point of view and it varied from 771 ± 210 to 1402 ± 280 μSvy-1 and
105 ± 53 to 315 ± 105 μSvy-1. These results revealed that the outdoor equivalent
dose rate levels in all of the locations were below the 1000 μSvy-1
maximum permissible limit for the public set by International Commission on
Radiological Protection, except the few locations of indoor equivalent
dose rate.
Keywords: indoor and outdoor gamma exposure, dosimeter-radiometer, equivalent dose rate, seasonally variation