Environmental radioactivity levels in agricultural soil and wheat grains collected from wheat-farming lands of Koya district, Kurdistan region-Iraq

The purpose of this study is to determine the activity concentration levels of radionuclides of226Ra,232Th,40K, and137Cs in soil and wheat grain samples. A total of 72 samples of soil and wheat grains were collected in the study area. Measurements were performed using a gamma-ray spectroscopic system based on high purity germanium detector. The average activity concentrations of226Ra,232Th, and40K in soil samples were found to be 14.7 ± 0.2...