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Calculation of the effective dose from natural radioactivity in soil using MCNP code
1Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. dragana@kg.ac.rs
Abstract:
Effective dose delivered by photon emitted from natural radioactivity in soil was calculated in this work. Calculations have been done for the most common natural radionuclides in soil (238)U, (232)Th series and (40)K. A ORNL human phantoms and the Monte Carlo transport code MCNP-4B were employed to calculate the energy deposited in all organs. The effective dose was calculated according to ICRP 74 recommendations. Conversion factors of effective dose per air kerma were determined. Results obtained here were compared with other authors.
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