Radioactivity of long lived gamma emitters in canned seafood consumed in Kuwait

A study of long-lived gamma emitting radionuclides in canned seafood consumed in Kuwait was performed. The canned seafood samples originated from four different countries. The study targeted the natural radionuclides 232Th, 226Ra, and 40K. The annual effective dose from canned seafood consumption was estimated to be 5 μSv. This value was found to be several orders of magnitude less than the 0.29 mSv year−1 world average of the ingestion exposure from natural sources. Hence, canned seafood consumption in Kuwait is radiologically safe for the presence of the investigated radionuclides.