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Evaluation of Terrestrial Gamma Radiation and Dose Rate of the Ogcheon Group Area

옥천층군 일대의 지표방사능과 감마선량 평가

Uk Yun1
,
Byong-Wook Cho1*
윤 욱1
,
조 병욱1*
1Principal Researcher, Groundwater Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
1한국지질자원연구원 지하수연구센터 책임연구원
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2020. pp. 577-588
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Abstract

We evaluated the distributions of primordial radionuclides and effective dose rate of the Ogcheon Group, which includes rocks with high uranium content. Terrestrial gamma radiation was measured at 421 points using a portable gamma ray spectrometer. Dividing the study area into five geological units (og1, og2, og3, og4, and igneous rocks) revealed no significant difference in the concentration of surface radioactivity among the types. The concentrations of 40K, eU, and eTh for all samples ranged from 0.7% to 10.3% (average 5.2%), 0.6 to 287.0 ppm (average 8.5 ppm), and 4.0 to 102.4 ppm (average 31.3 ppm), respectively. The absorbed dose rate in the study area (calculated from the activity concentrations of 40K, eU, and eTh) was in the range of 28.84 to 1,714.5 nGy/h (average 195.4 nGy/h). Among the five geological units, the lowest average was 166.3 nGy/h (for og1) and the highest average was 233.3 nGy/h (for og2; median 198.1 nGy/h). The outdoor effective dose rate for the area obtained from the absorbed dose rate was in the range of 0.04 to 2.10 mSv/y (average 0.24 mSv/y). Except for the four sites located in the uranium-bearing coal bed of og2, none of the studied sites exceeded 1 mSv/y.

Keywords
gamma ray spectrometry
gamma dose rate
terrestrial gamma radiation
Ogcheon group
absorbed dose rate
effective dose rate

일부 암석의 우라늄 함량이 높은 것으로 알려진 옥천층군 지역의 유효선량을 파악하기 위하여 휴대용 감마선분광분석기를 이용하여 421개 지점에서 지표방사능(40K, eU, eTh)을 측정하였다. 연구지역을 5개의 지질(og1, og2, og3, og4, 화성암)로 구분했을 때 지질별 지표방사능 강도에는 큰 차이가 없었다. 전체 421 암석의 40K, eU, eTh의 함량은 각각 0.7~10.3% (평균 5.2%), 0.6~287.0 ppm (평균 8.5 ppm), 4.0~102.4 ppm (평균 31.3 ppm) 을 보였다. 방사능강도로부터 구한 연구지역의 흡수선량은 28.84~1,714.5 nGy/h의 범위로서(평균 195.4 nGy/h) 지질별 평균값 최저는 og1의 166.3 nGy/h, 최고는 og2의 233.3 nGy/h (중앙값은 198.1 nGy/h였다. 흡수선량으로부터 구한 연구지역의 옥외 유효선량은 0.04~2.10 mSv/y (평균 0.24 mSv/y)의 범위이며 함 우라늄층이 협재된 og2에 위치한 4개 지점을 제외하면 옥외 유효선량이 1 mSv/y를 넘는 지점은 없었다.

키워드
감마선분광분석기
감마선량
지표방사능
옥천층군
흡수선량
유효선량
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Engineering Geology
  • Publisher(Ko) :대한지질공학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of Engineering Geology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지질공학
  • Volume : 30
  • No :4
  • Pages :577-588
  • Received Date : 2020-11-10
  • Accepted Date : 2020-11-24
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2020.4.577
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