The Annual Effective Dose of Natural Radioactivity Intake from Animal Products Consumption in Phosphate Polluted Area

Abdelmonem AM^1,2*, El-Zohry M³ and El-Zayat MH⁴

¹Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Jouf, Post Office 207, Al-Jouf, KSA

²Reactor Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Post Office 13759, Cairo, Egypt

³Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohage University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

⁴Ministry of Education, Egypt

*Corresponding Author : Abdelmonem AM
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Jouf, Post Office 207, Al-Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Received: January 23, 2019 Accepted: March 15, 2019 Published: March 22, 2019

Citation: Abdelmonem AM, El-Zohry M, El-Zayat MH (2019) The Annual Effective Dose of Natural Radioactivity Intake from Animal Products Consumption in Phosphate Polluted Area. J Nucl Ene Sci Power Generat Technol 8:1.

Due to the close correlation between environmental radiation
protection and human health protection, the normal radiological
activity of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K were measured in samples of beef and milk as an animal products. The measurements were performed using a gamma spectrometer to measure those animal products collected from four different regions, namely Mahammid, Cap, Helal and Nesrab in Upper Egypt. The uptake of these radionuclides was estimated from animal food, clover, straw, and water. Results showed that the concentration of 226Ra, 232Th was lower than the permissible values. The total annual dose of natural radionuclides was estimated as a result of the consumption of the population in those areas contaminated with phosphates for animal products. The total effective annual dose of beef consumption was estimated are 1.868, 1.889, 1.644, 1.756 µSv/yr in the studied areas respectively. Since the concentration of radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th, 40K in milk is higher than in beef, the total annual effective dose of milk consumption was higher than beef consumption. The effective annual dose was less than the annual permissible dose for the public. The obtained results indicating that a safe consumption of an animal products in the area under investigation.