Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina
With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12–346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1–791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2–221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13–367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6...
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| author | Kasić Amela Adrović Feriz Kasumović Amira Hankić Ema |
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| description | With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12–346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1–791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2–221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13–367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6–17 mBq·L−1 for 235U. For all investigated radionuclides annual effective dose was estimated. The estimated total annual committed effective dose received by population as a result of ingestion of water was in the range 0.11–2.51 μSv·y−1 for thermal water and in the range 0.11–38.8 μSv·y−1 for mineral water. Measurement of activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in the examined samples was carried out with a gamma-spectrometer with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, having a relative efficiency of 70%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b03afbd159c4341b42ea8b9b84943db2022-12-22T04:15:03ZengSciendoNukleonika0029-59222015-07-0160350350810.1515/nuka-2015-0062nuka-2015-0062Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and HerzegovinaKasić Amela0Adrović Feriz1Kasumović Amira2Hankić Ema3Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: +38735 320 881, Fax: +38735 320 86Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: +38735 320 881, Fax: +38735 320 86Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: +38735 320 881, Fax: +38735 320 86Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: +38735 320 881, Fax: +38735 320 86With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12–346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1–791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2–221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13–367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6–17 mBq·L−1 for 235U. For all investigated radionuclides annual effective dose was estimated. The estimated total annual committed effective dose received by population as a result of ingestion of water was in the range 0.11–2.51 μSv·y−1 for thermal water and in the range 0.11–38.8 μSv·y−1 for mineral water. Measurement of activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in the examined samples was carried out with a gamma-spectrometer with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, having a relative efficiency of 70%.https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0062gamma spectrometrynatural radioactivitymineral waterthermal watergroundwater uraniumradium |
| spellingShingle | Kasić Amela Adrović Feriz Kasumović Amira Hankić Ema Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nukleonika gamma spectrometry natural radioactivity mineral water thermal water groundwater uranium radium |
| title | Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_full | Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_fullStr | Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_short | Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| title_sort | levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of bosnia and herzegovina |
| topic | gamma spectrometry natural radioactivity mineral water thermal water groundwater uranium radium |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0062 |
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