Radioactivity in the soil of a tea garden in the Fatickchari area in Chittagong, Bangladesh, was measured using a high-resolution HPGe detector. The soil samples were collected from depths of up to 20 cm beneath the soil surface. The activity concentrations of naturally occurring (238)U and (232)Th were observed to be in the range of 27 ± 7 to 53 ± 8 Bq kg(-1) and 36 ± 11 to 72 ± 11 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The activity concentration of (40)K ranged from 201 ± 78 to 672 ± 81 Bq kg(-1), and the highest activity of fallout (137)Cs observed was 10 ± 1 Bq kg(-1). The average activity concentration observed for (238)U was 39 ± 8 Bq kg(-1), for (232)Th was 57 ± 11 Bq kg(-1), for (40)K was 384 ± 79 Bq kg(-1) and for (137)Cs was 5 ± 0.5 Bq kg(-1). The radiological hazard parameters (representative level index, radium equivalent activity, outdoor and indoor dose rates, outdoor and indoor annual effective dose equivalents, and radiation hazard index) were calculated from the radioactivity in the soil.
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