Issue |
Radioprotection
Volume 43, Number 2, Avril-Juin 2008
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Page(s) | 225 - 237 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro:2008001 | |
Published online | 12 June 2008 |
238U and 232Th concentrations in various foodstuffs in Morocco and resulting radiation doses to the members of the public
Concentrations en 238U et 232Th dans différents aliments au Maroc et doses de radiations en résultant pour les membres du public
Nuclear Physics and Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, B.P. 2390, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco.
Received:
27
May
2007
Accepted:
3
January
2008
Uranium (238U) and thorium (232Th) concentrations were measured in different foods widely consumed in Morocco by using CR-39 and LR-115 type II solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs). Data obtained were compared to those obtained by using isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS). Total daily intakes of 238U and 232Th for a typical food basket were estimated to be 1.3 ± 0.1 mBq d-1 and 0.98 ± 0.08 mBq d-1, 1.4 ± 0.1 mBq d-1 and 1.06 ± 0.08 mBq d–1, 1.7 ± 0.1 mBq d–1 and 1.26 ± 0.08 mBq d–1 and 2.0 ± 0.1 mBq d–1 and 1.5 ± 0.1 Bq d–1 for the 2–7 years, 7–12 years, 12–17 years and adult’s age groups, respectively. Alpha-activities due to annual 238U and 232Th intakes from the ingestion of the studied foodstuffs were determined in different organs and tissues of the human body of members of the public by using the ICRP gastrointestinal tract and systemic part models for these radionuclides. Committed equivalent doses due to annual intakes of 238U and 232Th were evaluated in the human body organs and tissues for different age groups of the Moroccan population by exploiting data obtained for alpha-doses deposited by 1 Bq of 238U and 1 Bq of 232Th in the considered human organs and tissues. The influence of the mass of the target tissue and activities due to 238U and 232Th on the committed equivalent doses due to annual intakes of these radionuclides in the organs and tissues of the human body was studied.
Résumé
Les concentrations en uranium (238U) et en thorium (232Th) ont été mesurées dans différents aliments largement consommés au Maroc, par l’utilisation d’une technique nucléaire basée sur la détermination des efficacités de détection des détecteurs CR-39 et LR-115 type II pour les particules alpha émises par l’238U et le 232Th et leurs descendants à l’intérieur des matériaux considérés. Les doses équivalentes engagées dues à l’238U et au 232Th dans des organes et tissus des individus marocains de différentes tranches d'âge suite à l'ingestion des aliments étudiés ont été calculées à l’aide des coefficients de dose équivalente par unité d’activité ingérée de la publication CIPR 69. L’influence du coefficient de dose équivalente et de l’incorporation de l’238U et du 232Th sur l’équivalent de dose engagée a été mise en évidence.
Key words: Nuclear-track detector / ingestion / 238U and 232Th intakes / equivalent dose / uranium / thorium / environment / natural radioactivity
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