Natural radioactivity assessment of surface soil collected from Poovar village of Kerala, India

Making use of gamma ray spectrometric analysis method, the activities soil-borne radio-nuclides viz. 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in surface soil samples from a specific village coastal county has been determined. The living environment Poovar was used for study. activity concentration is evaluating various radiologically vital parameters such as levels radium equivalent (Ra eq ), external hazard index (H ex internal absorbed dose rate (D), outdoor indoor annual effective (AED), representative radioactivity level (Iγ) alpha (Iα) region. estimated concentrations observed to fluctuate below detectable (BDL) instrument 9 Bqkg −1 , 21 36 453 585 respectively. Since all investigated study are within advised limit, there no radiation threats human beings obtained information this research can be future radiological mapping impact assessments.