S. Harb, A. H. El-Kamel, A. I. Abd El-Mageed, A. Abbady, W. Rashed

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Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the transfer factor soil-to-plant and to assess the concentration level of natural and artificial radionuclide (238U, 226Ra, 228Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs) in samples from Saluga and Ghazal Protectorate area in Aswan, Egypt, by using High Pure Germanium detector (HPGe) Environmental Radioactivity Measurements Labrotary in faculty of science Qena. Reported values for natural radionuclides ranged from 8.81 ± 0.64 to 28.88 ± 2.10, from 6.98 ± 0.51 to 26.01 ± 1.89, from 12.29 ± 0.89 to 33.32 ± 2.43, from 12.53 ± 0.91 to 32.81 ± 2.39 and from 383.90 ± 27.95 to 711.98 ± 51.83 Bq.kg-1 for 238U, 226Ra, 228Ra, 232Th and 40K, respectively. 137Cs activity concentration was found to be in the range from 0.36 ± 0.03 to 9.73 ± 0.71 Bq.kg-1 and was calculated through transfer factor TF reported in this article.

Keywords: Natural Radionuclides; Transfer Factor; Plant; Soil; Protectorate Area

Cite this paper: S. Harb, A. El-Kamel, A. El-Mageed, A. Abbady and W. Rashed, "Radioactivity Levels and Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factor of Natural Radionuclides from Protectorate Area in Aswan, Egypt," World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2014, pp. 7-15. doi: 10.4236/wjnst.2014.41002.

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