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Determination of 226Ra Contamination Depth Around Phosphogypsum Pit Using In-Situ Gamma Spectrometer
Kh Haddad1, B Yousef2, H Henawi2
1Protection and Safety Department, Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria. prscientific4@aec.org.sy.
Abstract:
The feasibility of applying multiple photopeak method (MPM) and peak to valley ratio (PVRM) method to determine Radium-226 contamination depth (226Ra hc) has been investigated. Gamma spectra in eight positions around phosphogypsum disposal pit has been measured using portable NaI(Tl) gamma spectrometer. MPM was investigated by calculating the ratio [Formula: see text] of 609 keV gamma line net counts to the corresponding value of 352 keV. PVRM was investigated by calculating the ratio [Formula: see text] of net counts of 609 keV gamma line to the corresponding valley counts. 226Ra hc in the positions has been determined using traditional soil coring. It was found that, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] have good linear correlations with 226Ra hcTherefore, 226Ra hc can be determined by MPM and PVRM. These methods save a lot of time, costs and efforts in comparison with the traditional one.
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