Affiliation:
1. University of Mysore
2. Karnataka State Open University
3. Board of Technical Education
Abstract
Abstract
Groundwater dissolves radioactive minerals like uranium, radium, radon and polonium during its flow. 226Ra, 222Rn, and 210Po are the decay products of the 238U series which causes ingestion dose to human being. The activity of these radionuclides was studied in groundwater samples collected from Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India. 226Ra, 222Rn and 210Po concentration in bore well water samples were varied from 2.18 to 96.42mBql− 1, 0.94 to 26.95Bql− 1, 0.72 to 6.33mBql− 1 respectively. The average ingestion dose due to 226Ra, 222Rn and 210Po were 6.41, 11.60 and 2.51µSvy− 1 respectively.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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