Measurement of activity concentrations of 40K, 226Ra and 232Th for assessment of radiation hazards from soils of the southwestern region of Nigeria

OS Ajayi - Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 2009 - Springer
Activity concentrations of the selected radionuclides 40 K, 226 Ra and 232 Th were
measured in surface soil samples collected from 38 cities in the southwest region of Nigeria …

Gamma radioactivity levels and their corresponding external exposure of soil samples from tantalite mining areas in Oke-Ogun, South-Western Nigeria

AK Ademola, RI Obed - Radioprotection, 2012 - cambridge.org
The radioactivity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were measured using gamma-
ray spectroscopy with NaI (Tl) detectors in four tantalite mining sites in the Oke-Ogun area …

[PDF][PDF] Radiation hazard in soil from Ajaokuta North-central Nigeria

MR Usikalu, AB Rabiu, KD Oyeyemi… - International Journal of …, 2017 - core.ac.uk
Background: Measurement of the radiation dose distribution is important in assessing the
health risk a population and serve as reference in documenting changes to environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of natural radioactivity and radiological hazard evaluation in the soil samples collected from Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

K Aladeniyi, C Olowookere, BB Oladele - Journal of radiation research and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The activity concentrations of 40 K, 226 Ra, and 232 Th in the soil samples collected from
Owo Local Government of Ondo state, Nigeria, were assessed by gamma spectrometric …

Dose assessments from the measured radioactivity in soil, rock, clay, sediment and food crop samples of an elevated radiation area in south-western Nigeria

NN Jibiri, MO Isinkaye, IA Bello, PG Olaniyi - Environmental Earth …, 2016 - Springer
Activity concentrations of 40 K, 226 Ra and 232 Th were measured in five different
environmental matrices and food crops collected from some elevated radiation areas of Sikiti …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of geogenic natural radionuclide contents of soil samples collected from Ogun State, South western, Nigeria

MR Usikalu, PP Maleka, M Malik, KD Oyeyemi… - 2015 - sid.ir
Background: Natural radionuclides are always present in the environment. Human exposure
to the background radiation is inevitable. It is therefore important to assess health risk …

γ-Spectroscopy measurement of natural radioactivity and assessment of radiation hazard indices in soil samples from oil fields environment of Delta State, Nigeria

EO Agbalagba, GO Avwiri, YE Chad-Umoreh - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The analysis of naturally occurring radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) has been carried
out in soil samples collected from oil and gas field environment of Delta state, using gamma …

Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria

MR Usikalu, PP Maleka, NB Ndlovu, S Zongo… - Cogent …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The activity concentration of 238U, 232Th and 40K in the soils of mining and living areas of
Ijero Ekiti were determined using hyper pure germanium gamma ray spectrometer. The …

Assessment of radiological risk from the soils of artisanal mining areas of Anka, North West Nigeria

MA Akpanowo, I Umaru… - African Journal of …, 2019 - academicjournals.org
Assessment of radiological risk was carried out on twenty soil samples collected from
agricultural, mining and mine processing areas in Anka, Zamfara State, North Western …

Baseline studies of terrestrial outdoor gamma dose rate levels in Nigeria

IP Farai, NN Jibiri - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The outdoor? radiation exposure dose rates due to the radioactivity concentration of 40K,
238U and 232Th in the soil across different environments in Nigeria have been carried out …