Annual Effective Dose due to Ingestion and Inhalation of 222Rn in Drinking Water of Daupe Village in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

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222Rn, Liquid Scintillation Counter (LSC), Annual effective dose (AED)

Abstract

Radon is one of the sources of nuclear contamination in water and the largest contributor of the total radiation received by the general public from natural radioactive sources. In this research, the concentrations of 222 Rn were investigated from six (6) wells (WW) and four (4) borehole (BW) water samples collected within Daupe village, Tafa Local Government area using Liquid Scintillation Counter (LSC).

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2024-06-30

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Annual Effective Dose due to Ingestion and Inhalation of 222Rn in Drinking Water of Daupe Village in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. (2024). Nigerian Journal of Theoretical and Environmental Physics, 2(2), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.62292/njtep.v2i2.2024.40

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Annual Effective Dose due to Ingestion and Inhalation of 222Rn in Drinking Water of Daupe Village in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. (2024). Nigerian Journal of Theoretical and Environmental Physics, 2(2), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.62292/njtep.v2i2.2024.40