Measurements of radioactivity in Jamaican building materials and gamma dose equivalents in a prototype red mud house

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Health Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199111000-00009· OSTI ID:5866767

Pinnock, W R ^[1]

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1. Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Kingston (Jamaica)

Concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K measured in bauxite waste, local building materials, and soils are presented and used in model equations to estimate the effective gamma dose-equivalent increments over background in the center of a standard-sized room in a prototype house. Calculated and measured values compare reasonably well.

• OSTI ID: 5866767
• Journal Information: Health Physics; (United States), Vol. 61:5; ISSN 0017-9078
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
RADIUM 226
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SOILS
CONTAMINATION
THORIUM 232
BUILDING MATERIALS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
JAMAICA
RADIATION MONITORING
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
AIR POLLUTION
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
GREATER ANTILLES
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISLANDS
ISOTOPES
LATIN AMERICA
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NUCLEI
POLLUTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM ISOTOPES
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES
THORIUM ISOTOPES
WEST INDIES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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540130 - Environment
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