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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2006 121(3):337-340; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl025
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Assessment of the natural radioactivity in the soils of Windhoek city, Namibia, Southern Africa

J. A. Oyedele*

Department of Physics, University of Namibia, P.O. Box No. 13301, Windhoek, Namibia

* Corresponding author: oyedelej{at}unam.na

Received November 22, 2005, amended January 21, 2006, accepted January 30, 2006


  Abstract

The radioactivity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K in 160 soil samples collected from 16 geographical areas across Windhoek city, Namibia, have been determined using an HPGe detector and found to vary from 15.0 ± 1.3 to 37.8 ± 2.1 Bq kg–1 for 238U, 17.5 ± 2.7 to 62.1 ± 3.3 Bq kg–1 for 232Th and 168.9 ± 15.0 to 784.9 ± 30.1 Bq kg–1 for 40K. These concentrations were used to calculate the mean absorbed dose rate and the mean annual effective dose for the city. The value of 0.07 ± 0.01 mSv y–1 obtained for the mean effective dose is less than the maximum permissible dose of 1 mSv y–1 recommended for the public by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.


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