Radiation dose due to uranium in groundwater to the population of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
; 200(11-12): 1101-1107, 2024 Jul 17.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-39016491
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the concentration of uranium in 67 groundwater samples of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India, estimated using an LED fluorimeter. The age-dependent ingestion dose to the population of the district is also studied. The concentration of uranium in groundwater varied from 0.20 to 57.50 µg L-1 with an average of 4.40 µg L-1. The annual ingestion dose due to uranium varies from 0.18 to 142.68 µSv y-1, with an average of 7.11 µSv y-1. The ingestion dose received by the population in the study area is less than the recommended level of 100 µSv y-1 by the World Health Organization (2011).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiation Dosage
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Water Pollutants, Radioactive
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Groundwater
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Radiation Monitoring
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Uranium
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Country of publication:
United kingdom