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Survey of Gamma Dose Rate in Air Inside Some Dwellings of the Commune of Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1S.T.B. Vanié, 2K. Djagouri, 1T.P.A. Dali, 1G.A. Monnehan and 1A.A. Koua
1Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Radiation Protection, Training and Research Unit-Sciences of Structures of Matter and Technology, University Félix Houphöuet-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22,
2Normal High School of Abidjan, 08 BP 10 Abidjan 08 (Côte d’Ivoire)
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2021 3:79-85
Received: November 14, 2018 | Accepted: December 27, 2018 | Published: September 25, 2021
Abstract
To determine the radon potential level and estimate the related exposure of the public, combined gamma dose rate and radon measurements were performed in 15 dwellings in Yopougon, the largest and inhabited commune of Côte d’Ivoire. Indoor gamma dose rates were measured using a gamma survey meter. Radon concentration measurements were performed using LR-115 films detectors (SSNTDs) for three months. The mean indoor gamma dose rate in air was 20 nSv/h whereas the mean radon concentration indoor was found to be 93.04 Bq/m3. The relationship between indoor radon measurements and gamma dose rates was also investigated. A very weak correlation between the two variables was observed.
Keywords:
Correlation investigation, Côte d’Ivoire, indoor gamma dose rate, indoor radon, LR-115, surveymeter,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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