Measuring Uranium Concentration in Amara Governorate, Southern Iraq in Two Different Ways

doi:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16651823

Biomedicine and Chemical Sciences

2025, Volume 4, Issue 3 : 82-87 doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16651823

Research Article

Measuring Uranium Concentration in Amara Governorate, Southern Iraq in Two Different Ways

Hawraa J. Jasim

Thaer M. Salman

Mostafa Ahmed Algrifi

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16651823

Received

April 10, 2025

Revised

June 19, 2025

Accepted

June 26, 2025

Published

July 1, 2025

Abstract

The current study uses ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) and SSNTDs (solid-state nuclear track detectors) to measure uranium concentrations in 25 surface soil samples from selected locations in Omara governorate in Southern Iraq. In the ICP-MS technique, uranium concentrations ranged from 0.66 ppm to 1.6 ppm. In the SSNTDs technique, uranium concentrations ranged from 0.81±0.31 ppm to 1.95±0.50 ppm. The results obtained from the soil samples were within the permissible limits recommended by the UNSCEAR Committee of 11.7 ppm.

Keywords

CR-39 detector

ICP-MS

Neutron activation technique

Soil

SSNTDs

Uranium concentration

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