Investigating the indoor Concentration of Radon-222 and its possible health Implications on the staff of a Pharmaceutical Company in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

Adewoyin, O.O and Omeje, Maxwell and Onumejor, C. A. and Adagunodo, T. A. and Ndubuisi, A. O. and Nwaluka, V. O. and Akinpelu, A. and Joel, E. S. (2019) Investigating the indoor Concentration of Radon-222 and its possible health Implications on the staff of a Pharmaceutical Company in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. In: International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment, 2019, Online.

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Abstract

The present study investigated the concentration of radon in some offices of a pharmaceutical company in Ota, Ogun State. A Durridge RAD 7 equipment was engaged for the indoor radon measurement. The measurement of radon concentration was carried out for 8 days in 4 different offices in the main administrative building of the company (one office on the ground floor and three on the first floor). The results obtained for the four locations ranged between 19 and 160 Bqm-3 which is still below the world set limit of 200 Bqm-3 as recommended by International Commission on Radiological Protection. However, the office on the ground floor reported the highest concentration of radon-222, which is 160 Bqm-3. Therefore, it can be concluded that, since, the highest concentration of radon-222 observed in this study is below the international set limit, then, the occupants of the offices considered for this study are safe.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Radiological protection, RAD 7, radon-222, Gamma Spectrometer
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2020 15:27
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2020 15:27
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/13763

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