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Assessment of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Potential Radiological Risks of
Common Building Materials Used in Bangladeshi Dwellings
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Asaduzzaman K
; Mannan F
; Khandaker MU
; Farook MS
; Elkezza A
; Amin YB
; Sharma S
; Abu Kassim HB
PLoS One
2015[]; 10
(10
): e0140667
PMID26473957
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The concentrations of primordial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) in commonly
used building materials (brick, cement and sand), the raw materials of cement and
the by-products of coal-fired power plants (fly ash) collected from various
manufacturers and suppliers in Bangladesh were determined via gamma-ray
spectrometry using an HPGe detector. The results showed that the mean
concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in all studied samples slightly exceeded
the typical world average values of 50 Bq kg(-1), 50 Bq kg(-1) and 500 Bq kg(-1),
respectively. The activity concentrations (especially 226Ra) of
fly-ash-containing cement in this study were found to be higher than those of
fly-ash-free cement. To evaluate the potential radiological risk to individuals
associated with these building materials, various radiological hazard indicators
were calculated. The radium equivalent activity values for all samples were found
to be lower than the recommended limit for building materials of 370 Bq kg(-1),
with the exception of the fly ash. For most samples, the values of the alpha
index and the radiological hazard (external and internal) indices were found to
be within the safe limit of 1. The mean indoor absorbed dose rate was observed to
be higher than the population-weighted world average of 84 nGy h(-1), and the
corresponding annual effective dose for most samples fell below the recommended
upper dose limit of 1 mSv y(-1). For all investigated materials, the values of
the gamma index were found to be greater than 0.5 but less than 1, indicating
that the gamma dose contribution from the studied building materials exceeds the
exemption dose criterion of 0.3 mSv y(-1) but complies with the upper dose
principle of 1 mSv y(-1).