Distribution and sources of 226Rain groundwater of arid region

M. J. Zheng; A. Murad; X. D. Zhou; P. Yi; D. Alshamsi; S. Hussein; Leifeng Chen; Xiaolin Hou; A. Aldahan; Z. B. Yu

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4632-1

Distribution and sources of ²²⁶Rain groundwater of arid region

M. J. Zheng
, A. Murad
, X. D. Zhou
, P. Yi
, D. Alshamsi
, S. Hussein
, Leifeng Chen
, Xiaolin Hou
, A. Aldahan
, Z. B. Yu

Hohai University
United Arab Emirates University

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Abstract

As a part of characterizing radioactivity in groundwater of the eastern Arabian Peninsula, a first systematic evaluation of ²²⁶Ra activity in groundwater indicates a wide range (0.65-203.66 mBq L^-1) with average of 17.56 mBq L^-1. Adsorption/desorption process, groundwater residence time and uranium concentration are the main controlling factors of ²²⁶Ra distribution in groundwater of the different aquifers. Estimation of²²⁶Ra effective dose from water ingestion suggests potential risk of drinking water from the carbonate aquifer.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	309
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	667-675
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0236-5731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4632-1
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Ra-226
Groundwater
Radioactivity
Health hazard

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