- Abdul-Jabbar Abbas Oudh
Department of Quality Control, State Company for Foodstuffs Trading, Ministry of Trade, Baghdad, Iraq.
ajao1071965@gmail.com 0009-0003-5502-5109 - Mohammed Jawad H Kadhim
Department of Polymer Engineering, Materials Engineering College, University of Babylon, Iraq.
mat.mohammed.jawad@uobabylon.edu.iq 0000-0001-8867-3848 - Abdul Kareem Abdul-Hussein
University of Information Technology and Communications, Iraq.
abdulKareem.dhahir@uoitc.edu.iq 0000-0002-2278-0007 - Zainab Al-Khafaji
Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University, Baghdad, Iraq; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
p123005@siswa.ukm.edu.my 0000-0002-5450-7312
Volume 10 - No: 1
Natural and Anthropogenic Radionuclides Concentration and Risk Assessment in Legumes and Grains, which Provides in a Basket Foodstuffs in Iraq Country
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.1482014
Keywords: Legumes specimens, basket foodstuff, sodium iodine NaI (TI), anthropogenic radioactivity.
Abstract
The present work studied the amount of natural and anthropogenic radioactivity in 13 different imported legumes and grain specimens of various origins, which are part of the basket of foodstuffs provided by the government to the Iraqi people. These specimens were analyzed using Canberra's sodium iodide NaI (TI) detector gamma spectrometer systems. The data gained revealed that the activity amounts (Bq/kg) for 214Bi, 137Cs, 40K (238U series), and 228Ac (232Th series) in all selected specimens were measured. Importantly, these investigated magnitudes are well within the international standards for radioactivity in foodstuffs, ensuring the safety of the food consumed by the Iraqi people. The mean radium equivalent activity (Raeq) in each specimen has been consistently below the 370 Bq/kg threshold. Each magnitude regarding indoor and outdoor yearly effective dosage corresponding for all specimens has been significantly lower than the international typical magnitudes (0.45 mSv/y concerning indoor as well as 0.07 mSv/y regarding outdoor). The subsequent radiological effects illustrate that the mean magnitude of annual total air absorbed rate dosage in these specimens is well below the limit of (1.0 mSv/y) based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).