MONITORING OF RADIATION BACKGROUND LEVELS IN ODESA’S MARKETS
Keywords:
natural background radiation, technogenically enhanced radiation background, gamma radiation dose, monitoring, radiation safety.Abstract
Monitoring of the dose rate of gamma radiation in the air (radiation background) was carried out in the pavilions and on the territory of the markets "Pryvoz", "Pivnichnyі", "Cheryomushky", "Novyi", "Pivdennyi" and "Kyivskyi" in Odessa for the period of 2024 (winter, spring, summer, autumn). The GreenTest device was used to determine the level of background radiation. It was established that the level of gamma radiation dose rate in the air of the pavilions and the open area had some variability, but did not exceed sanitary and hygienic standards. According to the results of the research, it was found that the absorbed dose of gamma radiation in the air in the closed pavilions of the markets of Odessa ranged from 0.03±0.01 to 0.17±0.01 μSv/h. The absorbed dose rate of gamma radiation in the air in the open area of markets is set in the range from 0.08±0.01 to 0.18±0.01 μSv/h. It was found that the highest level of gamma background was recorded in the territory of the pavilions of the "Novyi" and "Pivnichnyі" markets, which is 10% higher than the corresponding research indicators in the "Pivdennyi" and "Kyivskyi" markets, 22.2% higher than the indicators in the "Cheryomushky" market, and 37.5% higher than the indicators in the "Pryvoz" market. The same indicator in the open area was maximum at the «Kyivskyi» market, which is 15.4% higher than the corresponding indicator at the «Novyі» market, 25% higher than at the «Privoz» market, and 50% higher than the indicators at the «Cheryomushky», «Pivdennyi», and «Pivnichnyi» markets. It was found that the radiation background had the highest values in the spring and summer period compared to the winter and autumn months.
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