Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt
Dallal, M., Hassan, I., Helal, N., Rizk, R., Hussain, M. (2020). Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 53(1), 182-190. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.14897.1237
Mohamed Hassan Dallal; Ibrahim Eid Hassan; Nadia Lotfy Helal; Rizk Abd El-Moneim Rizk; Mohamed Ibrahim Hussain. "Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 53, 1, 2020, 182-190. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.14897.1237
Dallal, M., Hassan, I., Helal, N., Rizk, R., Hussain, M. (2020). 'Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 53(1), pp. 182-190. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.14897.1237
Dallal, M., Hassan, I., Helal, N., Rizk, R., Hussain, M. Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 53(1): 182-190. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.14897.1237

Detection of Radon, Radon Daughters and Thoron Daughters in Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate Mine, Egypt

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Article 19, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2020, Page 182-190  XML PDF (718.95 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ajnsa.2019.14897.1237
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Authors
Mohamed Hassan Dallal email 1; Ibrahim Eid Hassan2; Nadia Lotfy Helal3; Rizk Abd El-Moneim Rizk2; Mohamed Ibrahim Hussain1
1Radiation safety department, Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENNRA), Cairo, Egypt
2Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
3Raiation safety department, Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA), Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
In this study, Abu Tartur open pit Phosphate mine and underground tunnels have been studied from radiation safety point of view. Radon, Radon daughters and Thoron daughters were measured by collecting (31) samples from (5) main sites that represent the process of Phosphate mining. Radon, Radon daughters and Thoron daughters in case of open pit mining results ranged from 1.37 to 131.52 Bq m-3, 0.000099 to 0.0024 WL, and 0 to 0.92 Bq.m-3 respectively. For postpone tunnels, Radon, Radon daughters, Thoron daughters results ranged from 411.55 to 2539.27 Bq m-3, 0.056 to 0.37 WL, and 1.26 to 3.89 Bq.m-3 respectively. Also gamma radiation levels, surface contamination and effective annual dose were measured. Gamma radiation levels were ranged from 0.07 to 0.6 mSv/h for open pit mine and from 0.24 to 0.5 mSv/h for tunnels. Surface contamination measurements gave normal readings for open pit mining and 7.1 in underground mine. And effective annual dose ranged from 0.033 to 0.153 mSv/y for open pit and 4.948 mSv/y for tunnels. The results in case of open pit mine are lower than permissible limits determined by UNSCEAR, 2010 while exceeds the permissible limits in case of underground tunnels. So the open pit mining is much useful from point of occupational radiation protection view
Keywords
Radon; Abu Tartur Mine; Open Pit Mine; Phosphate
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