Gross alpha and beta radioactivity in surface soil and drinkable water around a steel processing facility

Ogundare, F.O.; Adekoya, O. I.

doi:10.1016/j.jrras.2015.02.009

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“…The results obtained in this study were slightly low when compared with the mean gross alpha and beta activity concentration reported by Jibiri and Fasae (2013), which reported that the gross beta activity concentration for farm soils from the northern part of Nigeria varied from 360.0 to 570.0 Bq/kg while for the alpha activities it varied from 8.0 to 40.0 Bq/kg. Also, the results obtained from this work are slightly lower when compared to the work done by Ogundare and Adekoya (2015). They reported that the mean gross alpha and beta activities in soil samples were between 32.0 and 64.0 Bq/kg and 411.5 and 2710.0 Bq/kg, respectively.…”

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Gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in soil and some selected Nigerian food crops

Amakom¹,

Orji²,

Eke³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Phys. Sci.

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Gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in soil, cassava and fluted pumpkin (leaf and stem) were investigated using a gas flow proportional counter. The gross alpha activity concentrations for the fluted pumpkin were between 3.55 and 13.95 Bq/Kg and 3.53 and 3.61 Bq/Kg for the leaves and stems, respectively. The gross alpha activity concentrations for cassava and soil samples ranged from 0.07 to 0.60 Bq/Kg and 0.35 to 0.53 Bq/Kg, respectively while the gross beta activity concentrations ranged from 0.43 to 0.89 Bq/Kg and 0.46 to 1.04 Bq/Kg for the cassava and soil samples, respectively. The gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in cassava, fluted pumpkin and soils samples have been determined using alpha/beta spectroscopy. The result of thestudy showed that the Iva-valley coal mine area has lower gross alpha and beta activity concentrations compared to other areas of the country. This shows that the coal mining activities in the area may not have increased the radiation burden of the area.

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Gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in soil and some selected Nigerian food crops

Amakom¹,

Orji²,

Eke³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Phys. Sci.

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“…The average alpha activity of this study is also lower than the average alpha activity of 0.1173 Bql -1 in river Kaduna [1]. However, the value is lower than the mean alpha activity value reported for Okpare Creek [17] and is also lower than the alpha activity value of 6.7±0.074 Bql -1 reported for Opa River irrigation farmland [28].…”

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“…Inappropriate management of radioactive materials during production of goods and services, utilizing radionuclides can result in surface contamination of the environment. Such contamination could be occasional, accidental or continuous [1]. Enhanced levels of these naturally occurring radionuclides might be present in the soil as well as surface and ground water near oil and gas production facilities.…”

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“…Gross alpha and gross beta activity concentration in sediment /soil are defined as the total radioactivity of all alpha and beta emitters. The values of gross alpha and beta emanating from these alpha and beta emitters in soil/sediment samples depend on the geological characteristics of the area, content of mineral deposit and the type of activity in the area [1].…”

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“…Ogundare and Adekoya[1] in ground water around steel company in Delta state. The result obtained in all the oil spilled communities are lower than those recorded for ground water in Ado-Ekiti where gross alpha and beta values are 0.589±0.36 Bql -1 and 0.236±0.190 Bql -1 respectively[28].…”

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Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Drinkable Water and Soil/Sediment around Oil Spill Sites in Delta State, Nigeria

Audu

Avwiri

Ononugbo

2019

AJOPACS

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The gross alpha and beta activity concentration in drinkable water and soil/sediment from oil spilled communities of Delta state have been carried out using calibrated MPC 2000 Protean ORTEC desktop gross alpha/beta counter. A total of 22 water samples (11 River water and 11 well water) and 22 soil/sediment (11 soil and 11 sediment) were collected in 2-litre plastic containers with about 1% air space left for thermal expansion and black polyethene bags respectively. All the samples were prepared following international standard organization (ISO) procedure. The result showed that gross alpha activity in River water ranged from 0.013±0.005 to 0.0783±0.015 Bql-1 while the gross beta activity concentration in River water ranged from 0.0073±0.015 to 0.0928 ±0.024 Bql-1. The gross alpha and beta activity in ground (well) water ranged from 0.018±0.006 to 0.0817±0.014 Bql-1 and 0.0126 ±0.013 to 0.173±0.063 Bql-1 respectively. The mean gross alpha and beta activity in soil and sediment are 12.0±1.0 and 23.27±3.0 Bq/kg and 23.0±4.0 and 21.73± 15.0 Bq/kg respectively. The total annual effective dose estimated from both alpha and beta emitting radionuclides in water resources sampled, ranged between 0.007 to 0.063 mSvy-1 in river water and 0.021 to 0.102 mSvy-1 for well water. The annual gonadal dose resulting from gross alpha and beta activity in surface and ground water ranges from 0.019 to 0.238 mSvy-1 and 0.037 to 0.406 mSvy-1 respectively. The highest gonad dose of 0.238 mSvy-1 and 0.439 mSvy-1 was obtained in surface water (OTU1) and ground water (OTU2) respectively. The estimated excess lifetime cancer risks range from 0.024 x 10-3 to 0.220 x 10-3 and 0.039 x 10-3 to 0.358 x 10-3 for river and well water respectively. The result showed a significant relationship in both surface and ground water with regression values of 0.66 and 0.84 respectively. This implies that the same radionuclide is responsible for both alpha and beta activities in the water studied. The result of this study show that all the water resources sampled pose no immediate health risk to the populace though, there is little radioactive contamination of the sampled water arising from oil spillages and may be effluent discharge into the surface water. Following no threshold model, the water sampled need to be treated to remove the radionuclide in it through ion exchange technology or reverse osmosis technology before consuming to avoid long term internal exposure.

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Faber

Petridis

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Metal-Halide Perovskite Semiconductors

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Gross alpha and beta radioactivity in surface soil and drinkable water around a steel processing facility

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Gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in soil and some selected Nigerian food crops

Gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in soil and some selected Nigerian food crops

Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in Drinkable Water and Soil/Sediment around Oil Spill Sites in Delta State, Nigeria

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