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 …

[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 …

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 …

Spatial distributions and dose assessment of natural radionuclides in rocks and soils of some selected sites in southwestern Nigeria

OS Ajayi, KO Balogun, CG Dike - Human and Ecological Risk …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in rock and soil samples collected from
Ondo and Ekiti States in southwestern Nigeria were measured by using gamma-ray …

Assessment of Gamma Radiation 232Th, 226Ra and 40K in Nassarawa, Nigeria

U Rilwan, I Umar, AZ Ngari… - Asian Journal of …, 2020 - article.researchpromo.com
This study assessed gamma radiation from 232Th, 226Ra and 40K. Twelve soil samples
collected from the study area were analyzed using Nal (TI) detector. Mean concentration for …

An assessment of natural radioactivity of soils and its external radiological impact in southwestern Nigeria

OS Ajayi, SB Ibikunle, TJ Ojo - Health physics, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Soil samples collected from five states in the southwestern part of Nigeria have been
analyzed for activity concentration of gamma-ray emitters. The States were Oyo, Lagos …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of natural radioactivity and hazard in soil samples in and around gold mining area in Itagunmodi, south-western, Nigeria

AK Ademola, AK Bello, AC Adejumobi - Journal of Radiation research and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in soil samples
from the gold mining area in Itagunmodi were measured by gamma spectrometry using …

Natural radioactivity in soils around mega coal-fired cement factory in Nigeria and its implications on human health and environment

MT Kolo, MU Khandaker, HK Shuaibu - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019 - Springer
Cement industry is one of the anthropogenic activities capable of mobilizing and
propagating naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in human environment to …

[HTML][HTML] Natural radionuclides and radiological risk assessment of granite mining field in Asa, North-central Nigeria

MM Orosun, MR Usikalu, KJ Oyewumi, TA Adagunodo - MethodsX, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a well calibrated Super-Spec (RS-125) gamma spectrometer was used to
measure the activity concentrations of 40 K, 238 U, 232 Th and gamma doses rate at 1 m …

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 …