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INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT
Investigation of the influence of buildings on the total gamma background radiation
E. Yeboaha, P. Macdonalda, G. A. Yakovlevb a Tomsk Polytechnic University
b Tomsk State University
Abstract:
The influence of buildings on the total gamma background radiation was investigated. The total gamma radiation between a building made from bricks and a field, which are 100 m apart (away from the influence of other buildings), was measured using a scintillation detector. Measurements of ambient equivalent dose rate at different heights above the soil and a horizontal distance from 0.1 m – 100 m in variable steps were taken. A new approach was developed to assess the contribution of gamma background radiation from the soil and the building to the total gamma background radiation. It was obtained that the gamma background radiation contributed by buildings, greatly affects the total gamma background radiation up to a distance of 2 m, at which there was a significant decrease in the total gamma background radiation. The percentage of the building that contributes to the total gamma background radiation is noted to be between 4 – 29
Keywords:
buildings, gamma background radiation, ambient equivalent dose rate, soil, annual equivalent dose.
Citation:
E. Yeboah, P. Macdonald, G. A. Yakovlev, “Investigation of the influence of buildings on the total gamma background radiation”, Vestnik KRAUNC. Fiz.-Mat. Nauki, 35:2 (2021), 100–109
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