Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics, Kenyatta University, PO Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract
Abstract
The activity concentration of radon in underground water of Bureti sub-county was measured using liquid scintillating counter device. The average radon activity concentration in all the water samples was 12.41 Bql−1. The maximum and minimum activity concentrations of radon were 22.5 and 4.57 Bql−1, respectively. In total, 53% of the total samples analysed had radon concentration levels above the US Environmental Protection Agency-recommended limit of 11.1 Bql−1. The annual dose received by an individual as a result of waterborne radon was determined according to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation reports and was found to be 33.23 𝜇Svy−1. All the samples recorded a value <100 𝜇Svy−1 recommended by the World Health Organization and the European Union council.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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