TY - JOUR ID - TI - Determination of uranium in fishes samples from selected regions in Iraq using neutron activation technique for nuclear track detectors AU - Anees A. Hassan PY - 2017 VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 5 JO - Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science مجلة القادسية للعلوم الصرفة SN - 19972490 24113514 AB - To establish a base line against which future pollution may be measured, six common commercialspecies of Iraqi river fish were analysed for uranium content. The fishes studied were: Barbus luteus,Barbus sharpeyi, Aspius heckle, Barbus heckle, Pampus argentues and Pilchard. The fish sampleswere collected from two key governorates namely, Basrah (southern Iraq) and Babil (central Iraq).Uranium concentration in fishes samples was measured by using fission tracks registration in CR-39detector that caused by the bombardment of (U235) with thermal neutrons from (Am-Be) neutronsource. The results show that the uranium concentrations in fish samples ranged from 1.78 ± 0.19 μgkg-1 to 8.31 ± 0.51 μg kg-1. The results indicated that the mean value of uranium concentration in fishsamples of Basrah governorate is higher than those of Babil governorate.

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