Distribution of Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Soils around the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Zaria-Nigeria

A portable HPGe spectrometer has been employed to characterised, in-situ gamma activity concentration from the primordial Radionuclides U, Th K in the soil at 12 monitoring points (MPs) in the environment in and around the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. The MPs were marked-out using Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation. The measured activity concentrations due to U range from 4.8 ± 3.0 to 11.9 ± 2.0 Bq kg with an average of 8.3 ± 2.6 Bq kg, Th range from 15.5 ± 4.3 to 46.4 ± 3.5 Bq kg with an average of 34.3 ± 3.4 Bq kg and K range from 317.2 ± 8.4 to 985.3 ± 7.0 Bq kg with an average of 641.8 ± 7.3 Bq kg. [Muhammad, Musa Auwal; Idris, Isa Funtua; Simon, Peter Malam and Arabi, Suleiman Abdullahi. Distribution of Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides in Soils around the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Zaria-Nigeria. Journal of American Science 2010;6(12):995-1001]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience.org.