Concentration of selected natural radionuclides in the thermal groundwater of Uniejów, Poland

• Autorzy: Bem H. , Olszewski M. , Kaczmarek A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Activities of the main radionuclides from the 238U and 232Th series in the Uniejów geothermal water were determined by combining liquid scintillation counting with a/b separation and g-spectrometry methods. The 222Rn and 226Ra activities were measured after extraction of radon from 10 ml water samples to 10 ml of an Ultima Gold F scintillation cocktail directly in 22 ml scintillation vials. The samples were counted in a new generation portable liquid scintillation counter, Betascout, without separation of the phases over the period of 30 days after extraction. The average values of the specific activities were equal to 2.95 and 0.64 Bq/dm3 for 222Rn and 226Ra, respectively. The 210Po radionuclide before counting was preconcentrated from 1 dm3 water samples on hydrated manganese oxide and deposited on silver discs. The discs were immersed in 10 ml of the scintillator and their activity was measured also by the same method. The average 210Po concentration was 0.052 Bq/dm3. Activity of the remaining radionuclides was determined by g-spectrometry after their preconcentration on hydrated manganese oxides from 10 dm3 samples. The activities of two radium radionuclides, 224Ra and 226Ra, can be calculated from their basic gamma-lines, whereas 228Ra can be determined from its decay product - 228Ac, and were equal to 0.40, 0.65 and 0.58 Bq/dm3, respectively. The activities of 210Pb and 238U (234Th) were below the detection limit of the method equal to 0.03 Bq/dm3. Based upon the obtained results, it can be concluded that there are not any radiological restrictions for using this water as a heat source or for balneological purposes. However, it cannot be used as drinking water, because the calculated committed effective dose from its one year consumption exceeds the WHO recommended value of 0.1 mSv.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

natural radionuclides; alfa/beta liquid scintillation counting; thermal groundwater

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: Vol. 49, nr 1
• Strony: 1--5
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Bem H.

• Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lódź, 116 Żeromskiego Str., 90-924 Lódź, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Olszewski M.

• Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lódź, 116 Żeromskiego Str., 90-924 Lódź, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Kaczmarek A.

• Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lódź, 116 Żeromskiego Str., 90-924 Lódź, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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