DETERMINATION OF RADIONUCLIDES CONTENTS IN SOIL SAMPLES AROUND LAFARGE CEMENT INDUSTRY, SHAGAMU, OGUN STATE
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2015-01-10
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Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Ijebu Igbo
Abstract
Over the last few decades man has artificially produced several hundreds of radionuclide through industrialization and other man made activities. The
presence and estimation of radionuclide contents of soil sample around cement manufacturing company was investigated in order to assess the radiation impact on the people living in the environment. Five (5) soil samples were analyzed for the presence of K- 40, U- 238, and Th- 232. ln the five (5)