Basement data of the Terrestrial Radionuclide Level of Abuja Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nigeria英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Environmental Protection, 2011, 2, 359-364 359 doi: 10.4236/jep.2011.24039 Published Online June 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Basement Data of the Terrestrial Radionuclide Level of Abuja Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nigeria Ayodeji Awodugba , Adetayo Abioye , Dauda Adekunle , Omowumi Ologun , Isiaka Oyekunle , Ola- 1 1 1 1 1 2 tunde Oni 1 , Pascal Tchokossa 1 Department of Pure Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria; Centre for Energy Re- 2 search and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Email: aoawodugba@.ng Received October 18 , 2010; revised January 18 , 2011; accepted March 16 , 2011. th th th ABSTRACT A total of 30 samples were collected from six different locations from of Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the administrative capital of Nigeria which is situated in the central part of the country. The samples which were thor- oughly prepared following known dosimetry procedures were analyzed for ray spectrometry using NaI(TL) detector coupled to a multichannel analyzer. The activity concentrations in the top soils in these locations for K, U and Th range from 301 ± 26.52 to 928.84 ± 80.57, Not detectable (ND) value to 27.68 ± 8.21 and 4.65 ± 1.46 to 22.48 ± 5.26 respectively. The average absorbed dose rate and the annual effective dose equivalent were found to be 40.33 nGyh and 49.46 μSv respectively. The value of annual effective dose equivalent is K, U and Th by the method of Gamma 40 238 232 40 238 232 –1 low compared to the world average of 70 μSv specified by UNSCEAR for