{"title":"评估与埃塞俄比亚使用的进口化学肥料和当地有机肥料有关的活动水平和辐射危害","authors":"Alelign Worku Gedefaw, Tilahun Tesfaye Deressu","doi":"10.1016/j.net.2025.103655","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, the activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra, <sup>232</sup>Th, and <sup>40</sup>K in fertilizer samples obtained from farmers and suppliers utilized in Ethiopia were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry with an HPGe detector. The highest average activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra, <sup>232</sup>Th, and <sup>40</sup>K were found as 45.8 ± 3.1 in nitrogen phosphorous compound (NP) fertilizers, 25.7 ± 3.0 in organic fertilizers, and 799.5 ± 64.9 in organic fertilizers Bq/kg, respectively, and the corresponding lowest average values were found as 17.4 ± 2.4 in organic fertilizers, 14.3 ± 1.8 in urea, and 135.1 ± 6.6 in urea Bq/kg, respectively. The average activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra in NP fertilizers and <sup>40</sup>K in animal fertilizers were higher than the Earth's crust average values of 32 and 412 Bq/kg for <sup>226</sup>Ra, and <sup>40</sup>K respectively. Radiological hazard indicator parameters, such as the radium equivalent activity (Ra<sub>eq</sub>), outdoor absorbed dose rates (<em>D</em><sub>out</sub>), outdoor annual effective doses (AED<sub>out</sub>), outdoor excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR<sub>out</sub>), external hazard index (H<sub>ex</sub>), internal hazard index (H<sub>in</sub>), alpha index (<em>I</em><sub>α</sub>), and annual gonadal dose equivalent (AGDE), were estimated in both chemical and organic fertilizer samples. The resulting average values were within the range of the international dose safety limit of fertilizers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19272,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Engineering and Technology","volume":"57 10","pages":"Article 103655"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Evaluation of the activity levels and the radiological hazards associated with the imported chemical and local organic fertilizers used in Ethiopia\",\"authors\":\"Alelign Worku Gedefaw, Tilahun Tesfaye Deressu\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.net.2025.103655\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>In this study, the activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra, <sup>232</sup>Th, and <sup>40</sup>K in fertilizer samples obtained from farmers and suppliers utilized in Ethiopia were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry with an HPGe detector. The highest average activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra, <sup>232</sup>Th, and <sup>40</sup>K were found as 45.8 ± 3.1 in nitrogen phosphorous compound (NP) fertilizers, 25.7 ± 3.0 in organic fertilizers, and 799.5 ± 64.9 in organic fertilizers Bq/kg, respectively, and the corresponding lowest average values were found as 17.4 ± 2.4 in organic fertilizers, 14.3 ± 1.8 in urea, and 135.1 ± 6.6 in urea Bq/kg, respectively. The average activity concentrations of <sup>226</sup>Ra in NP fertilizers and <sup>40</sup>K in animal fertilizers were higher than the Earth's crust average values of 32 and 412 Bq/kg for <sup>226</sup>Ra, and <sup>40</sup>K respectively. 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Evaluation of the activity levels and the radiological hazards associated with the imported chemical and local organic fertilizers used in Ethiopia
In this study, the activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K in fertilizer samples obtained from farmers and suppliers utilized in Ethiopia were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry with an HPGe detector. The highest average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K were found as 45.8 ± 3.1 in nitrogen phosphorous compound (NP) fertilizers, 25.7 ± 3.0 in organic fertilizers, and 799.5 ± 64.9 in organic fertilizers Bq/kg, respectively, and the corresponding lowest average values were found as 17.4 ± 2.4 in organic fertilizers, 14.3 ± 1.8 in urea, and 135.1 ± 6.6 in urea Bq/kg, respectively. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra in NP fertilizers and 40K in animal fertilizers were higher than the Earth's crust average values of 32 and 412 Bq/kg for 226Ra, and 40K respectively. Radiological hazard indicator parameters, such as the radium equivalent activity (Raeq), outdoor absorbed dose rates (Dout), outdoor annual effective doses (AEDout), outdoor excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCRout), external hazard index (Hex), internal hazard index (Hin), alpha index (Iα), and annual gonadal dose equivalent (AGDE), were estimated in both chemical and organic fertilizer samples. The resulting average values were within the range of the international dose safety limit of fertilizers.
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET), an international journal of the Korean Nuclear Society (KNS), publishes peer-reviewed papers on original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the field of nuclear science and technology. NET bimonthly publishes original articles, reviews, and technical notes. The journal is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) of Thomson Reuters.
NET covers all fields for peaceful utilization of nuclear energy and radiation as follows:
1) Reactor Physics
2) Thermal Hydraulics
3) Nuclear Safety
4) Nuclear I&C
5) Nuclear Physics, Fusion, and Laser Technology
6) Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management
7) Nuclear Fuel and Reactor Materials
8) Radiation Application
9) Radiation Protection
10) Nuclear Structural Analysis and Plant Management & Maintenance
11) Nuclear Policy, Economics, and Human Resource Development