Published 2018 | Version v1
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Environmental radiation mapping to generate baseline dose rate profile of Mumbai city

Creators

  • 1. Radiation Safety Systems Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. Physics Department, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (India)

Description

The natural background radiation level in the environment varies from place to place due to the change in concentration of radionuclides like 40K and decay products of naturally occurring radioactive series of 238U and 232Th in the earth crust and cosmic radiation. The intensity of cosmic radiation, which varies with altitude, also changes the background radiation. The main objectives of this Environmental Radiation Mapping were: To ascertain the gamma background dose rate along different routes in Mumbai City; To locate the presence of any unusual radiation levels or orphan sources; To check the effectiveness of mobile monitoring and methodology in case of radiological/nuclear emergency

Part of:
Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment: book of abstracts

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indian Association for Radiation Protection
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment: book of abstracts
Imprint Pagination
314 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 253

Conference

Title
33. IARP international conference on developments towards improvement of radiological surveillance at nuclear facilities and environment
Acronym
IARPIC-2018
Dates
16-20 Jan 2018
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
49034858
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASS TRANSFER; MONITORING; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Notes
1 ref., 1 fig.