Author name:
زينب محمد حسن الزبيدي
Supervisor name:
هادي دويج العتابي | شفيق شاكر شفيق
University location:
Wasit
Abstract:
The activity concentrations of radium - 226 (226Ra), actinium - 228 (228Ac) and potassium - 40 (40K), which represent the main naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM), were measured in the oil stations of AHDEB oil field in Wassit governorate in Iraq. These activity concentrations were determined using gamma - ray spectroscopy with a hyper - pure germanium (HPGe) and sodium iodide (NaI (Tl)) detectors.The activity concentrations of the obtained data of the crude oil samples were revealed that the overall average specific activity (SA) for 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K were 174.72, 43.46 and 355.07 BqL ⁄. While, the maximum SA values of 226Ra and 228Ac were 212.30 and 52.42 Bq/L for the Crude oil sample taken from the well 32 of the layers of Musharraf oil field, and the maximum SA value of 40K was 465.35 Bq/L for Crude - oil sample taken from the Rumaila layer of the first well. The minimum SA values of 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K were 126.37, 30.59, and 229.98 Bq/L for the Crude oil sample under Hydrostatic pressure.The hazard indices have been calculated in the present work, which include radium equivalent activities (Raeq), gamma dose rate (D), external hazard index (Hex), internal hazard index (Hin), annual effective dose which include indoor and outdoor effective dose rate (E) in units of mSv/y and representative level index (Iγr), respectively. The overall average value of Raeq for the crude oil samples set was 264.21BqL⁄. This value is also considered to be normal (UNSCEAR, 1993). The highest Raeq was 311.01 Bq/L for sample taken from the Rumaila layer of the first well and the minimum value was 187.82 BqL⁄.The overall average value D for the full sample set was found to be 122.52 nGyh⁄. The highest value was 144.51 nGyh⁄ that was higher than the permissible value and the minimum value was 86.97 nGyh⁄.The overall average values of Hex and Hin were 0.7138 and 1.1861, respectively. The highest values of Hex and Hin were 0.8403 and 1.3861 and the minimum values were 0.5075 and 0.8403. The overall average value of Iγr was 1.8361. The highest value was 1.3017 and the minimum value was 2.1687. The overall average values of the Eied and Eoed were 0.259 and 0.0648 mSvy⁄.The highest values of Eied and Eoed in mSvy⁄ were 0.7089 and 0.1772 and the minimum values were 0.4266 and 0.1067.For sludge samples, the obtained data revealed that the average activity concentrations for 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K for these set of samples had the values; 340.1, 90.70 and 491.75 Bqkg⁄, respectively. The maximum activity concentrations of 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K were 573.38, 150.89, and 705.26 Bqkg⁄ appeared and the minimum concentrations were 178.64, 54.13, and 273.32 Bqkg⁄. The average value of Raeq was 507.71 Bqkg ⁄, the maximum value was 843.46 Bqkg⁄ and the minimum value was 277.10 Bqkg⁄. The average value of D for the full sample set was found to be 233.98 nGyh⁄. While the maximum value was 388.01 and the minimum value was 127.55 nGyh⁄. The average values of Hex and Hin were 1.372 and 2.291, respectively. The maximum values of Hex and Hin were 2.279 and 3.829 and the minimum values were 0.749 and 1.231. The average values of the Eied and Eoed were calculated to be 1.148 and 0.287 mSvy⁄. The maximum values of Eied and Eoed were 1.903 and 0.476 mSvy⁄ for SL2 sample, and the minimum values were 0.626 and 0.156 for SL6 sample. The overall average value of Iγr was 0.289, whereas the maximum value was 5.802 and the minimum value was 1.914.For ground water, the obtained data revealed that the average activity concentrations for 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K for these set of samples had the values; 25.05, 7.59 and 35.17 BqL,⁄ respectively. The maximum activity concentrations of 226Ra, 228Ac and 40K were 50.29, 15.24, and 76.94 BqL⁄ and the minimum activity concentrations were 13.70, 4.15, and 8.36 BqL⁄. The average value of Raeq was 38.61 BqL ⁄, the maximum value was 78.01 BqL⁄and the minimum value was 277.10 BqL⁄ for W3 sample. The average value of D was 17.75 nGyh⁄. The maximum value was 35.91 nGyh⁄ and the minimum value was 0.092 nGyh⁄. The average values of the Hex and Hin were 0.10 and 0.172, respectively. The maximum values of Hex and Hin were 0.211 and 0.347 and the minimum values were 0.055 and 0.092. The average values of the Eied and Eoed were 0.087 and 0.022 mSvy⁄, respectively. The maximum value of Eied was 0.176 mSvy⁄ and the minimum value was 0.045 mSvy⁄. Whereas the maximum value of Eoed was 0.044 mSvy⁄ and the minimum value was 0.011 mSvy⁄. The average value of Iγr was 0.226. The maximum value was 0.539 and the minimum value was 0.138.For radon (222Rn) measurements, the overall average values of the measured and calculated parameters were 296.64 Bq/m3, 118.65 Bq/m3, 1.651 WLM, 7.48 mSv/y, and 4490 for radon concentration, equilibrium equivalent 222Rn concentration, working level month, annual Effective Dose, and Excess Lung Cancer per Million Persons per Year (ECL).The background radiation of AHDEB oil field was measured and it is noted that this radiation backgrounds were ranged from 50 to 148 nSv.h - 1 with an overall average value of 80.64 nSv.h - 1.List of contents Title Page
