Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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Volume 279: Issue 1

Natural radioactivity in bottled natural spring, mineral and therapeutic waters in Poland

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Nguyen Chau AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science al. Mickiewicza 30 30-059 Kraków Poland

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Barbara Michalec Polish Academy of Science The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Radzikowskiego 152 31-342 Kraków Poland

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Pages:
121–129
Online Publication Date:
21 Jul 2008
Publication Date:
01 Jan 2009
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-7276-6
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Abstract  

Activities of 238U, 234U, 228Ra, 226Ra, and 224Ra as well as total α- and β-activities of 23 bottled spring, mineral and therapeutic waters produced and distributed in southern and central Poland are presented. The activities vary from a few tenth to a few mBq·L−1 for uranium and to several hundred mBq·L−1 for radium isotopes. The activities of 40K were calculated from chemical analyses of potassium and checked for several mineral waters by gamma-spectrometer coupled with an HPGe detector. Positive correlation between water mineralization and activities of 40K, 226Ra, as well as total alpha- and total beta-activities were observed. The radiological annual doses were calculated for all investigated waters and for different human age groups assuming the consumption of 1 liter of water per day. The calculated committed effective dose rate from uranium and radium isotopes resulting from consumption of the investigated waters exceeds the recommended value of 0.1 mSv per year in seventeen cases for infants and in one case for adults.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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