Advanced Nuclear Science and Technology Techniques (ANSTT3) Workshop

Session

Presentations 2

14 Sep 2021, 11:15

Online (Zoom)

Conveners

Presentations 2

• Alison Bruce (University of Brighton)

Presentation Materials

ANSTT3 Bezuidenhout.pdf

Contribution list Timetable

8. The investigation of natural radionuclides as tracers for monitoring sediment processes

Jacques Bezuidenhout

14/09/2021, 11:15

Environmental Measurements

In situ and sampling measurements of naturally occurring radionuclides were investigated in terrestrial sediment in various environments. These environments include beaches, wetlands, river basins, and deserts that are within Southern Africa. The distribution patterns of the natural radionuclides were extracted and characteristics were compared and investigated. These characteristics were used...

89. Soil-to-plant transfer factors and radiological risk assessment (Monte Carlo simulation) of selected mining sites in Nigeria.

Muyiwa Michael Orosun (Department of Physics, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria)

14/09/2021, 11:45

Oral

One of the major route through which human are exposed to ionizing radiation is via food chain, which is consequent of soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides. This work reported the activity concentrations of 40K, 238U and 232Th in samples of water, soil and guinea-corn collected from Beryllium and Gold mining sites in Kwara, Nigeria. In-situ measurements at approximately 1 m in the air was...