Image source: https://mybroadband.co.za The National Nuclear Regulator has warned that South Africa must urgently start to monitor the levels of radioactive radon gas in local homes to protect its citizens. Radon is a radioactive gas that forms naturally when uranium, thorium, or radium – which are radioactive metals – break down in rocks, soil, and groundwater. In South...Read More
Jacques Bezuidenhout Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa ABSTRACT The geology of an area can be used as a predictor for radon potential. Granite rock typically contains a high concentration of uranium and subsequent elevated emanation of radon gas. The geology of the western part of the Western Cape Province in South...Read More
