Calculation and Evaluation of Radiation Doses for Workers in Phosphate Fields

Abstract

The phosphate fertilizer industry is considered one of the effective industries in improving the economic reality at the country level in general and at the level of areas rich in phosphate in particular, which requires laborers from the same region or from others. Phosphates are from Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM), Three important sites were chosen at the General Phosphate Company in Al-Qaim due to the long period of time for the presence of its employees (work requirements) and continuously for five days a week, and these sites are (the main silo, phosphate fertilizer store Sp, nitrogen fertilizer store Np). The readings of the radionuclide radiation dose were recorded in the above-mentioned sites, and other important information required for the purpose of entering it into the (RESRAD) program. The (RESRAD ONSITE) program was used to calculate and evaluate radiation doses for workers, and it is one of the family of (RESRAD) software packages and The results and measurements showed that the total radioactive dose rate at the site is within the permissible limits for the general public according to the relevant safety standards contained in the publications of the International Atomic Energy Agency in its publication Part 3 of the General Safety Requirements (GSR Parte 3).