A review of the occurrence of naturally occurring radioactive materials and radiological risk assessment in South African soils

AO Ilori, N Chetty - International Journal of Environmental Health …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
According to reports, exposure to high concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive
substances like Uranium-238, Thorium-232, and Potassium-40 poses serious health …

[PDF][PDF] Metals Transfer from Soil to Plants and Water across Nasarawa Town, Nasarawa Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

U Rilwan, J Waida, M Musa, A Adamu… - Arid Zone Journal of …, 2022 - researchgate.net
In Nasarawa, mining has been going on for the last 50 years, and the vegetables we ate
have trapped metals. This research aims to show how much of these metals are transferred …

Radiological environmental impact analysis of the uranium mining site in Mika, Nigeria using time series forecast model

VN Bakut, J Kim - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This study employs time series forecasting, specifically Seasonal Auto-Regressive
Integrated Moving Average, to predict the radiological impact of uranium mining in Mika …

Assessment of radionuclide distribution and associated radiological hazards of soils in Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa state

I Catherine, OC Meludu, OP Idowu… - Recent Advances in …, 2023 - flayoophl.com
Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area has been reported to have deposits of Uranium; hence
this study was carried out to measure radionuclide activities in Mayo-Belwa soils and to …

Radiological Risk Assessment of Soil Using RESRAD-OFFSITE Code in Communities around Indorama Fertilizer Company Eleme, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State …

EV Furo, IA Hart, CP Ononugbo - Archives of Current …, 2024 - research.manuscritpub.com
Anthropogenic activities around a fertilizer company can cause elevation in the
concentration of naturally-occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) within surrounding soils …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of the radiological dose and hazards assessment around swampy agricultural soil in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

AA Mundi, IM Mustapha, U Ibrahim, S Reuben - 2023 - researchgate.net
The present study analyzes radiological dose and hazard around the swampy agricultural
soil in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, using determined activity …

Radionuclide Analysis in the Soil Samples Collected Around Maiganga Coal Mining Site, Northeast, Nigeria, Using Gamma Ray Spectrometry

SB Idris, Y Ibrahim, BS Abubakar - Gombe State Polytechnic …, 2024 - jost.gspb.edu.ng
This study assesses the radioactivity levels and the associated dose rates around Mai-
ganga Coal mining site in Gombe State, Nigeria. This was carried out by determining the …