Distribution of natural radioactivity in rocks from Ikogosi-Ekiti, Southwestern Nigeria and its radiological implications.

Abstract:

:The natural radioactivity in some rock samples in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Southwestern Nigeria, has been measured using a very sensitive gamma spectroscopic system consisting of a 76 mm x 76 mm NaI(TI) scintillation detector system coupled to a versatile Canberra Series 10 plus multichannel analyzer. The average concentrations of natural radioisotopes 238U, 232Th, and 40K are 57.9 +/- 28.1 Bq kg-1, 81.6 +/- 23.8 Bq kg(-1) and 1203.1 +/- 687.2 Bq kg(-1), respectively. These average values give rise to a mean absorbed dose rate of 0.128 +/- 0.051, microGy h(-1) at a height of 1.0 m and an effective dose equivalent of 156.90 microSv (y-1). The results indicate no radiological anomaly. The data presented here will serve as a baseline survey for primordial radionuclide concentrations in rocks of the area.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Ajayi OS

doi

10.1097/00004032-200008000-00013

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-08-01 00:00:00

pages

192-5

issue

2

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0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

journal_volume

79

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