{"id":4297,"date":"2025-04-24T08:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.kibu.ac.ke\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2025-12-27T00:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:08:51","slug":"assessment-of-radiogenic-heat-production-due-to-238u-232th-and-40k-in-surface-soils-of-ortum-region-west-pokot-county-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/fs\/assessment-of-radiogenic-heat-production-due-to-238u-232th-and-40k-in-surface-soils-of-ortum-region-west-pokot-county-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment of radiogenic heat production due to 238U, 232Th and 40K in surface soils of Ortum region, west Pokot county, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4297\" class=\"elementor elementor-4297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ada97c8 elementor-section-full_width 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Ortum region, west Pokot county, Kenya<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2af71f29 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"2af71f29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e00f82f\" data-id=\"5e00f82f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-76db39b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Nakitare Waswa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c6fcd53 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7c6fcd53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36425ba elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"36425ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm 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at the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at the University of Nairobi (Kenya). The activity concentrations were then converted into ppm (<sup>238<\/sup>U and\u00a0<sup>232<\/sup>Th) and % for\u00a0<sup>40<\/sup>K that were used for computing Radiogenic Heat Production (RHP) for individual radionuclides and the overall RHP contributed by the three radionuclides. The average activity concentrations were 3.198753ppm, 13.42265ppm and 1.372154% for\u00a0<sup>238<\/sup>U,\u00a0<sup>232<\/sup>Th and\u00a0<sup>40<\/sup>K respectively. The average RHP for the individual radionuclides was found to be 0.239883\u00b5W\/m<sup>3<\/sup>, 0.2658\u00b5W\/m<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0and 0.036378\u00b5W\/m<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>for\u00a0<sup>238<\/sup>U,\u00a0<sup>232<\/sup>Th and\u00a0<sup>40<\/sup>K respectively. the overall RHP contribution by the three radionuclides was found as 0.540764 \u00b5W\/m<sup>3<\/sup>. All the RHP values for the individual radionuclides including their overall contribution was below the world RHP value of 1\u00b5W\/m<sup>3<\/sup>. 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