Research Article
Natural Radioactivity in Soil and Water from Likuyu Village in the Neighborhood of Mkuju Uranium Deposit
Table 4
The average activity concentration of radionuclides in the collected water samples (Bq/L ± SEM).
| Water samples | Mean radioactivity concentration |
238U |
232Th |
40K |
| Mkuju River (W1) | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 1.9 ± 0.2 | 11.0 ± 2.0 | Kilowelo River (W2) | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 9.2 ± 1.2 | Control sample | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.8 |
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