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 …

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 …

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 …

This study examined the radioactivity levels of soil samples within selected solid mining sites
in Nigeria using high-purity germanium (HpGe) detector. Sixty soil samples in all were …

The natural radioactivity levels of soil samples collected from four local government areas in
Kogi State, Nigeria were measured using a hyper-pure germanium detector, and the …

Artisanal mining of precious metals has become a lucrative venture in Anka, Zamfara State,
North-West Nigeria. The use of crude methods of mining and mineral processing and the …

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 …

Gamma spectroscopic assays of radionuclide contents and heavy metal in soil samples from
waste dump sites in selected cities in southwestern Nigeria were carried out. The activity …

Investigations were carried out to determine radiological hazard indices of NORM
associated with selected abandoned mine sites at Gusau and its environs in Zamfara State …

The present work deals with the radioactivity of samples of tin tailings collected from a
mining site in Jos, Nigeria. The activity concentrations of the samples were measured using …