Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria

Usikalu, M.R. and Maleka, P.P and Ndlovu, N. B. and Zongo, S. and Achuka, J.A and Abodunrin, T.J (2019) Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria. Cogent Engineering.

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Abstract

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 mean concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K were found to be 128.05 Bqkg−1, 24.8 Bqkg−1 and 455.05 Bqkg−1, respectively, for mining areas, while it was found to be 42.02 Bqkg−1, 43.27 Bqkg−1 and 635.41 Bqkg−1, respectively, for the living areas. The mean absorbed dose rate, annual effective dose equivalent, gamma index and the excess lifetime cancer risk evaluated for the locations were 89.70 nGyh−1, 0.11 mSvy−1 and 1.4 for mining areas; while it was 72.22 nGyh−1, 0.089 mSvy−1 and 1.14 for living areas, respectively. The absorbed dose rate, annual effective dose equivalent and gamma index estimated for the mining site were higher than the living areas. The mean excess lifetime cancer risk estimated for the mining areas was consecutively higher than the recommended limit of 0.29 × 10−3 for background radiation. It is therefore necessary for government to barn illegal mining activities going on in the town so as to reduce natural radiation burden from their operations in the town.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mining; soil; dose assessment; excess lifetime cancer risk; Ijero Ekiti
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2019 10:50
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2019 10:50
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12881

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