Manny Mathuthu

Evaluation of Radionuclide Concentrations and Radiological Health Risks in Groundwater of the Groot-Aub Aquifer System, Namibia

Primordial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th, and 40K) occur naturally in varying concentrations within environmental media. Anthropogenic activities that disturb the Earth’s crust, such as drilling and mining, have the potential to alter the concentrations of these radionuclides in en...

Radiological Hazard Assessment of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in the Hwange Mining Area, Zimbabwe: A Gamma Spectrometric Study

The Hwange Mining Area, located in the Mid-Zambezi Karoo Basin in northwestern Zimbabwe, is a major centre for coal mining, processing, and thermal power generation. This study evaluates the ecological and public health risks associated with these activities by characterising rad...