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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 633, 2025
International Forum of Global Advances in Sustainable Environment, Energy, and Earth Sciences (GASES 2025)
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| Article Number | 02005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Soil Science and Agroecology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202563302005 | |
| Published online | 04 June 2025 | |
Use GIS technical to draw of the background radiation in selected soil samples in the Najaf sea area
1 Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
2 College of Dentistry, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad, Iraq
3 Al Hikmah University, College Network Engineering and Cybersecurity, Ilorin, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: rand.a.hayder@aliraqia.edu.iq
The main objective of the current study is to measure and obtain the background radiation levels in soil samples taken from the Najaf Sea area where most of the soil samples were taken there. In this work we utilized an FS-600 dosimeter to measure the radiation. The radiation dose (D), the annual effective dose (AED) and lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) of each of the samples were calculated. Finally, the GIS technology was used to map the studied primary outcomes. The soil samples had an average background radiation value of 0.161 microsieverts/hour (μSv/h), 0.126 millisieverts/year (mSv/y), and 0.449 lifetime cancer risk (ELCR). The D and AED of all the samples was found to be within safe breadth from 0.247 μSv/h to 2.4 μSv/yr, value that is in line with the standards Set by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation in 2008. These results imply that background radiation in the soil in the study area does not pose a health threat.
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