| dc.contributor.author | Otwoma, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Patel, J P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bartilol, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mustapha, AO | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-22T12:39:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-22T12:39:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-11-28 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Otwoma, D., Patel, J. P., Bartilol, S., & Mustapha, A. O. Radioactivity And Dose Assessment Of Rock And Soil Samples From Homa Mountain, Homa Bay County, Kenya. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.rphysp.com/p11/radioactivity.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/78247 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The in situ measured average outdoor ab
sorbed dose rate in air was found to
vary from 108.4 to 1596.4 nGy h
-1
at Homa Mountain area in southwestern
Kenya. Rock and soil samples collected gave average values of the
radioactivity concentrations of
40
K,
226
Ra and
232
Th of 915.6, 195.3 and 409.5
Bq kg
-1
, respectively. The range of the a
nnual effective dose for a person
living in Homa Mountain area calcul
ated varied from 28.6 to 1681.2, with a
mean of 470.4 μSv. These results imply
Homa Mountain have
elevated levels
of natural radioactivity thus the region
is a high background radiation area. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
| dc.title | Radioactivity And Dose Assessment Of Rock And Soil Samples From Homa Mountain, Homa Bay County, Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
| dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |
