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Abstract

In this particular investigation, 30 surface soil samples taken from various locations across North Maysan governorate were analyzed using ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry), several of which the researchers know, have been analyzed for an initial time. Uranium was investigated in soils in concentrations ranging from 0.52 µg.mL-1 (Almajar Alkabeer 4) to 1.91 µg.mL-1 (Almajar Alkabeer5). The results are presented and compared with the ones from a different study. The soil samples that were studied had less than 100 µg.mL-1 of uranium, which shows that they are composed of overloads and garbage rather than mineable stocks. This article describes and assesses the uranium content in the North Maysan Governorates. Additionally, all 30 exposed earth samples had uranium below the detection threshold. The results show that the samples of surface soils under investigation have uranium concentrations below the allowable limit (11.7 µg.mL-1) established by UNSCEAR in 1993.