HAZ ARD AS SESS MENT OF OUT DOOR GAMMA RA DI A TION IN TAVSANLI, KUTAHYA RE GION OF TURKIYE

Abstract

In the pres ent study, out door gamma dose rates have been mea sured by us ing a NaI(Tl) scin til la tion de tec tor in 20 mea sure ment points in the Tavsanly dis trict cen ter of Kutahya prov ince in Turkiye. An nual ef fec tive dose equiv a lents and life time can cer risks have been cal cu lated from the ob tained re sults as (106.64 +/- 6.20) mu Sv and (3.73 +/- 0.2) x10 -4 , respectively. The re sults have been com pared with those of other stud ies for Turkiye and the world lit er a tureThe authors would like to thank the Rectorate of Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Kutahya Governor-ship, and Tavsanli District Governorship for providing the necessary permissions for the measurements. This study is apart of the M.Sc. thesis prepared in the Phys-ics Department, Kutahya Dumlupinar University. The authors also would like to thank Dr. H. Sirin and Dr. Y. Senturk for their editing help