The activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides, namely 226Ra, 232Th and 40K are measured for eleven brick
samples collected from some locations of Iraq. An HPGe detector, based on high- resolution gamma spectrometry
system is used for the measurement of activity concentrations. The average activity concentration values of 226Ra,
232Th and 40K from the studied are 26.34 Bq/kg , 26.97 Bq/kg and 530.24 Bq/kg respectively. In order to evaluate the
radiological hazard of the natural radioactivity , the radium equivalent activity , absorbed dose rate, annual
effective dose rate, internal and external hazard indices, gamma index, alpha index, excess lifetime cancer risk and
annual gonadal dose equivalent have been calculated.
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