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A study on natural radioactivity and potential of 222Rn, 220Rn exhalation from Deccan table land of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India

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In this study, an investigation has been carried out on the potential of radon, thoron and natural radioactive content by collecting soil samples from the Deccan land of Kolhapur district, India. The mean value of radon mass exhalation rates is 12.66 ± 1.07 mBqkg−1h−1 and mean thoron surface exhalation rate is 2300 ± 261 Bqm−2h−1. The mean value of Radon emanation factor is 5.18%. The mean activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K in the soil samples are 9.33 ± 0.45 Bqkg−1, 16.60 ± 0.77 Bqkg−1 and 66.15 ± 4.33 Bqkg−1 respectively and well below the value recommended by UNSCEAR 2000.

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This work was supported by university Grants commission (UGC), New Delhi in the form of a major research project (File No. 42-813/2013 (SR)). The author also thankful to the Director IUAC, New Delhi and also thankful to former Director Dr. Pradeep Kumar, K S of Health Safety and Environment Group, BARC, Mumbai.

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  1. Radiation and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, MS, 416004, India

    P. M. Raste, M. R. Waikar, A. A. Shaikh & R. G. Sonkawade

  2. Sinhgad College of Engineering, Vadgaon (BK), Pune, 411041, India

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  3. Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India

    B. K. Sahoo, A. K. Bakshi, Deepa Sathian & Mudit Beck

  4. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India

    A. C. Patra

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Raste, P.M., Sahoo, B.K., Bakshi, A.K. et al. A study on natural radioactivity and potential of 222Rn, 220Rn exhalation from Deccan table land of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 326, 1333–1341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07384-2

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