Natural radioactivity of drinking water in the southern and middle parts of Syria

Othman, I.; Yassine, T.

doi:10.1016/s0160-4120(96)00130-4

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“…The average 210 Po concentration in the Vistula river and its tributaries is similar in comparison to other analyzed rivers: Kaveri and Citarapuzha in India (Shaheed et al, 1997;Haridasan et al, 2001), Tagues in Portugal (Carvalho, 1997), Kuala Selangor in Malaysia (Theng and Abd Ch. Mohamed, 2005), Orantek in Syria (Othman and Yassine, 1996) and lower in comparison to Odiel and Tinto rivers in Spain (Bolivar et al, 2000). Much higher values of 238 U concentration with comparison to Vistula river were observed in Jucar and Ortigas rivers in Spain (Rodriguez-Alvarez and Sanchez, 1995;Vargas et al, 1995).…”

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Seasonal and spatial variability of 210Po, 238U and 239+240Pu levels in the river catchment area assessed by application of neural-network based classification

Skwarzec

Kabat

Astel

2009

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Seasonal and spatial variability of 210Po, 238U and 239+240Pu levels in the river catchment area assessed by application of neural-network based classification

Skwarzec

Kabat

Astel

2009

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…Natural radioactivity in water has been examined widely in different parts of the world to assess the radiological risks to people in view of using tainted water [1][2][3][4]. Radioactive materials enter explicitly into the body through drinking or as part of advanced lifestyles.…”

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Determination of Natural Radionuclides for Water Resources on the West Bank of the Nile River, Assiut Governorate, Egypt

El-Gamal

Sefelnasr

Salaheldin

2019

Water

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Estimations of natural radioactivity levels were carried out for water (surface and groundwater) samples collected from the west bank of the Nile River in Assiut Governorate, Egypt. The activity concentrations in the water samples ranged from 19.20 ± 2.40 to 492.26 ± 71.52 mBq/L, from 15.58 ± 2.62 to 351.39 ± 66.13 mBq/L, and from 50.31 ± 5.58 to 2255.03 ± 249.42 mBq/L for 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K, respectively. In this work, the recorded activity concentrations have been organized statistically using a dendrogram cluster and a principal coordinate analysis. In view of the groupings of radionuclide activity, the average annual effective doses through ingestion for adults, children, and infants, despite the responsibility of each explicit radionuclide to the total dose, were assessed and debated. Children had the most important measurement calculations, making them the most regarded mass gathering. All estimations for each different water type, as well as for each individual population group, scored well under the recommended reference value of 0.1 mSv resulting from a one year’s intake of drinking water in accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission (EC) in 1998.

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“…The standards for the permissible amount of radioactivity in drinking water are called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs). Bedrock wells (also called artesian or drilled) can contain elevated concentrations of any or all of these radionuclides, even if nearby bedrock wells have low concentrations (Othman and Yassin, 1996). Wells that derive water from sand and gravel deposits, also known as dug or point wells, generally have substantially lower concentrations of both radon gas and dissolved mineral radioactivity (EFS (Environmental Fact Sheet), 2004).…”

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Determination of Natural Radionuclides Concentrations in Portable Water Supply of Northern Part of Kaduna State

Onoja¹,

Adeyemo²,

Okoh³

2014

RJASET

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In order to determine the natural radionuclides in portable water, samples were collected from fifty locations in Northern part of Kaduna state and were subjected to the investigation of the presence of naturally occurring radionuclides. The radionuclides investigated are potassium-40, uranium-238 and thorium-232 using sodium iodide detector (NaI (Ti)). Results showed that potassium-40 concentration in the water samples has minimum and maximum concentration as 0.124 and 0.849 Bq/L, respectively. The mean value of potassium-40 concentration found in water is 0.416 Bq/L. Also, uranium-238 and thorium-232 investigated in the samples gave mean concentration of 0.0011 and 0.00006 Bq/L, respectively. The results obtained from these analysis shows that samples have radionuclides activity concentration below the recommended value for the radionuclides.

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Natural radioactivity of drinking water in the southern and middle parts of Syria

Cited by 21 publications

References 6 publications

Seasonal and spatial variability of 210Po, 238U and 239+240Pu levels in the river catchment area assessed by application of neural-network based classification

Seasonal and spatial variability of 210Po, 238U and 239+240Pu levels in the river catchment area assessed by application of neural-network based classification

Determination of Natural Radionuclides for Water Resources on the West Bank of the Nile River, Assiut Governorate, Egypt

Determination of Natural Radionuclides Concentrations in Portable Water Supply of Northern Part of Kaduna State

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