A study of the radioactivity in groundwater from Tanke-Ilorin, Nigeria, has been carried out.
Ten water samples were analyzed by ϒ-ray spectroscopy to determine the 226 Ra and 228 …

The gamma spectrometric analysis of different brands of cement used as building and
construction material in Nigeria has been carried out in this study. Samples of 12 brands of …

The concentration of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in rock samples were analysed using gamma
ray spectrometry. In Kubwa, the concentration ranges from 15 to 52 Bq kg− 1 for 238 U, 32 to …

Present study measured the terrestrial radiation and evaluated absorbed dose rates from
primordial radionuclides 238 U, 40 K and 232 Th in sixty soil samples collected from north …

Radioactivity concentrations of 40K, 232Th and 238U in two majorly consumed fish samples
from the Dadin Kowa-dam in Yamaltu-Deba local government area of Gombe State, North …

The ingestion of radionuclides from the intake of borehole water and Archachatina
marginata from Ikot Ada Udo can be harmful. Borehole water (n= 48) and A. marginata …

The study of the activity concentration levels of uranium, thorium and potassium in drinking
water from different locations in a gold mine in the Ashanti Region of Ghana was conducted …

In this study, we determine the activity concentrations of natural radionuclides, 238U, 232Th
and 40K, in soil from solid mineral-hosted site. The dose rates were calculated and radon …

Results: The specific activities of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs in the soil samples varied
from 18.92 to 43.11, 25.31 to 54.27, 230.17 to 728.25, and from< 1.49 to 9.52 Bq/kg …

A relationship between natural radioactivity concentrations and ethnic type has investigated
in the human tooth using high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. Tooth samples (20 …