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Reza Pourimani

Reza Pourimani

Academic rank: Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-0578
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 6505565793
HIndex:
Faculty: Science
Address: Arak University
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Research

Title
Radiometric analysis of the meat and skin of shrimps and some farmed and marine fish from the Persian Gulf
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Gamma spectroscopy; Shrimp; Fish; Radioactive elements
Year
2024
Journal (Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics (JTAP
DOI
Researchers Reza Pourimani ، Erfan hatam abadi farahani ، Reza amiri siavoshani

Abstract

Nuclear radiation from radioactive elements may cause genetic abnormalities or causes dangerous diseases such as cancer. For this reason, it is essential to measure food contamination with radionuclides, especially seafood prepared from areas contaminated with industrial pollution. In this case, it is necessary to calculate the risk of developing cancer and determine the permissible amount of their consumption. In this work, the specific activity of 4 radioactive elements 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs was measured in 18 meat and skin samples, including 3 species of farmed fish, such as Cyprinus carpio, Pomadasys kaakan and Epinephelus multinotatus from the Persian Gulf, and 2 species of shrimp, including the marine Metapenaeus ensis and the farmed Litopenaeus vannamei. The results indicate that the specific activities of radionuclides in seafood, skins were higher than in meat, and the maximum concentration of 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K was observed in the skins of Cyprinus carpio (8.34 Bq/kg), Metapenaeus ensis (31.61 Bq/kg) and Epinephelus multinotatus (404.26 Bq/kg). For all samples, the amount of 137Cs was below the detectable limit