Radiological evaluation of black sands from Bibijagua beach, Isle of Youth, Cuba

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Oscar Díaz Rizo
Héctor Cartas Águila
Rubén Gutiérrez Manso
Solne Reyes Peña
Grizel Pérez Zayas

Abstract

The Low Background Gamma Spectrometer at Center for Environmental Studies from Cienfuegos, Cuba, was characterized in order to study the radioactivity in volumetric environmental samples. The 232Th, 226Ra, 40K and 137Cs activities are determined in black sands from Bibijagua beach (Isle of Youth, Cuba). The calculation of different radiological indicators allows to check, that users of the Bibijagua beach are not exposed to any radiological risk.

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Díaz Rizo, O., Cartas Águila, H., Gutiérrez Manso, R., Reyes Peña, S., & Pérez Zayas, G. (1). Radiological evaluation of black sands from Bibijagua beach, Isle of Youth, Cuba. Nucleus, (72), 48-53. Retrieved from http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/774
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Ciencias Nucleares

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