Gross Alpha and beta radioactivity in drinking water from towns in north -western Nigeria

Onoja, R.A.; Akpa, T. C.

doi:10.4314/njphy.v20i1.38153

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“…Radium is a naturally occurring isotope found in the earth's crust, a member of the uranium 238 U decay series. The predominant radium isotopes in ground and surface water are 226 Ra, an alpha emitter with half-life of 1600 years and 228 Ra, a beta emitter with a half-life of 5.8 years [3]. Many salts of radium are soluble in water and therefore surface water may be enriched in radium and its descendant radon.…”

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Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Risk Estimation of Drinking Water from Okposi and Uburu Salt Lake Area, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Ononugbo

Nwaka

2017

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Aim: The objectives of this study was to measure the activity concentration of natural radionuclides in different drinking water sources in order to access the associated radiological health risk due to ingestion of such water. Study Design: The design of this study is purely experimental. Place and Duration: This study was carried out on drinking water sources around Uburu and Okposi salt lakes areas of Ebony state between April and September, 2016. Methodology: Sachet waters, borehole water, stream and river waters were collected and chemically treated by adding few drops of nitric acid to each of the samples and then preconcentrated and kept in a marinelli container for four weeks. The activity concentration of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in all the water samples was measured using the High-Purity Germanium detector.

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