Soil Radon Concentration Measurements in the United Arab Emirates
The AlphaGUARD radon monitor and AlphaPUMP gas pump were used to pump out the radon gases from 70 cm underground depth to get radon concentration measurements.The location points are: (#1) Meliha Mountain, (#2) Meliha Desert, (#3) Meliha Rocky Soil 1, (#4) Meliha Rocky Soil 2, (#5) Kalba Mountain, (#6) Kalba Rocky Soil, (#7) Sharjah Coast, and (#8) UoS Campus Grounds. The mean radon concentration measured (Mean) in (Bq/m3) are: (#1) 148±28, (#2) 326±80, (#3) 128±42, (#4) 60±16, (#5) 39±1, (#6) 1370±306, (#7) 34±10, and (#8) 73±6. Two methods were used to measure the effective dose rate: the second method also measures the equivalent dose rate for lungs.The effective dose rate measurements (H˙ef f ) in (mSv/y) for the first method are:(#1) 5.2, (#2) 11.4, (#3) 4.5, (#4) 2.1, (#5) 1.4, (#6) 48.0, (#7) 1.2, (#8) 2.6. The lung equivalent dose rate measurements (H˙lung) in (nSv/h) for the second method are: (#1) 0.36, (#2) 1.40, (#3) 0.84, (#4) 0.60, (#5) 0.40, (#6) 0.40,(#7) 0.28, (#8) 0.36.Lastly, the effective dose rate measurements (H˙ef f ) in (nSv/h) for the second method are: (#1) 1.62, (#2) 6.30, (#3) 3.78, (#4) 2.70, (#5) 1.80, (#6) 1.80, (#7) 1.26,(#8) 1.62.