RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER AND SEDIMENTS OF ZOBE DAM DUTSINMA IN KATSINA STATE FOR NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES
RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF WATER AND SEDIMENTS OF ZOBE DAM DUTSINMA IN KATSINA STATE FOR NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES
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2015-07
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USMAN, NAJIB MANNIR
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A radioactivity measurement was carried out in water and sediments of Zobe Dam. Samples of
sediments from Zobe Dam were collected, prepared and analysed using NaI(Tl) gamma ray
spectrometer for the activity concentrations of the primordial 226Ra, 232Th and 40K. The results
obtained show average activity concentrations of 49.67±3.07 (35.89-75.75), 127.29±4.42 (47.21112.91)
and 443.43±9.51 (338.88-638.40) in Bq/kg for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K respectively. To
assess the radiological hazard of Dam sediments, the radiological hazard indices such as
absorbed dose rate, annual effective dose equivalent (AEDE), hazard indices (Hex and Hin) were
calculated and found to be comparable with the world average values. The mean absorbed dose
rate obtained is124.52 nGy/ h, and is higher than the world average of 55 nGy/h. The measured
average annual effective dose rate 0.152mSv/y, and is lower than the world average value of 1
mSv/y (ICRP, 1991). The measured average values of external and internal hazard index is 0.717
and 0.851 and are lower than unity set by ICRP,2000, which indicate that the sediments in all the
sampling sites can be used for safety construction of buildings.
The gross alpha and beta radioactivity of water samples were measured using gas proportional
counter. The result show that the gross alpha and beta radioactivity in water samples is higher
than the maximum contaminant levels of 0.1 and 1.0Bq/L set by WHO. The ranges of the
measured alpha and beta activity were found to be between 0.595±0.26 to 9.547±0.37Bq/L with
mean of 6.18±0.30 Bq/L and 2.837±0.77 to12.119±0.46 Bq/L with mean of 8.332±0.44 Bq/L
and this indicate that the water in all the sampling sites is not safe for livestock and domestic
consumption if compared with WHO values.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF A
MASTER DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS,
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
Keywords
RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT,, WATER,, SEDIMENTS,, ZOBE DAM DUTSINMA,, KATSINA STATE,, NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES,