Anthropogenic activities around a fertilizer company can cause elevation in the concentration of naturally-occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) within surrounding soils, as a result of effluent discharge or heaping of rocks used as raw materials. The aim of this study was to e...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i2630
Exploration and exploitation of bitumen can create radiation exposure pathways that must be considered in risk management scenarios. RESRAD-ONSITE and RESRAD-BIOTA developed by the US Department of Energy (US DOE) to assess contaminated sites, were used in the present study to pr...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2023/v23i7597
The quality of agricultural soils within the bitumen deposit areas of Ondo State, Nigeria was investigated with a view to providing valuable information on the radioactivity parameters associated with the contamination of the sites by bitumen deposit. And to provide baseline data...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2023/v17i10541
An assessment of background ionization radiation and associated health risk in some coastal communities of Delta State, Nigeria was carried out using a well calibrated portable radiation detector (Radalert-200) and GPS (Garmin GPS 72H) for the measurement of the geographical loca...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2023/v17i10542