The Amount of Uranium in Soil Samples Collected from Particular Locations in the Southern Amara Governorate was measured using ICP-MS

In this particular research, 25 topsoil samples taken from various locations in the south of Amara Governorate were analyzed using ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry), many of which were, to the researchers' knowledge, analyzed for the first time. Uranium has been detected in soil at concentrations ranging from 0.57 ppm (Wadia2) to 1.99 ppm (aleadl1). The results are presented and compared with the results of a different study. The soil samples studied contained less than 100 ppm uranium, indicating that it is formed by overburden and trash rather than mineable deposits. This article describes and evaluates the uranium content in the southern Amara governorates. In addition, all 25 exposed ground samples contained uranium below the detection threshold. The results showed that the surface soil samples under investigation contained uranium concentrations below the permissible limit (11.7 parts per million) set by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) in 1993.