Radiological Survey of the Concentration Department in State Company of Phosphate

Alaa Fadhil Hashim; Zaki Abdul Jabbar; Haider Ahmad Hassan; Ali Khadum Aial

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Radiological Survey of the Concentration Department in State Company of Phosphate

Alaa Fadhil Hashim, Zaki Abdul Jabbar, Haider Ahmad Hassan, Ali Khadum Aial

Published in Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 31 December 2019 Accepted: 7 January 2020 Published: 17 January 2020

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The purpose of this research is to conduct a radiological survey of the crushing, milling, screening and conveyor unit of raw materials in the al-Qa'im fertilizer plant/General Phosphate Company, in order to calculate the absorbed doses of the workers in these places as well as the work hazards. As the raw materials in the phosphate fertilizer industry are extracted from the ground, Certainly contains radioisotopes such as the series of decay of uranium, thorium and potassium, which is the main cause of radiation activity in raw materials and the results of the dose absorbed to the workers in the unit of grinding, cracking and screening, And the conveyor belt for raw materials is (0.34, 0.38) mSv/y respectively, which is less than the internationally allowed limits (1msv/y) and the risk of working on working persons (1.7×10^-5, 1.9×10^-5) For crushing and crushing unit and belt conveyor unit, respectively, within the limits of internationally licensed 10^-5.

Published in	Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.fem.20200601.11
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Keywords

NORM, Phosphate Rocks, Radiation Contamination

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Alaa Fadhil Hashim, Zaki Abdul Jabbar, Haider Ahmad Hassan, Ali Khadum Aial. (2020). Radiological Survey of the Concentration Department in State Company of Phosphate. Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology, 6(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.fem.20200601.11

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Alaa Fadhil Hashim, Zaki Abdul Jabbar, Haider Ahmad Hassan, Ali Khadum Aial. Radiological Survey of the Concentration Department in State Company of Phosphate. Front Environ Microbiol. 2020;6(1):1-4. doi: 10.11648/j.fem.20200601.11

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Alaa Fadhil Hashim

Radiation & Nuclear Safety Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Zaki Abdul Jabbar

Radiation & Nuclear Safety Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Haider Ahmad Hassan

Radiation & Nuclear Safety Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Ali Khadum Aial

Radiation & Nuclear Safety Directorate, Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

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Alaa Fadhil Hashim; Zaki Abdul Jabbar; Haider Ahmad Hassan; Ali Khadum Aial. Radiological Survey of the Concentration Department in State Company of Phosphate. Front. Environ. Microbiol. 2020, 6(1), 1-4. doi: 10.11648/j.fem.20200601.11

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