Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Authors: Amela Kasić , Feriz Adrović , Amira Kasumović , Ema Hankić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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%.

Keywords

EN

gamma spectrometry; natural radioactivity; mineral water; thermal water; groundwater uranium; radium

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 503-508

Dates

published

1 - 7 - 2015

accepted

20 - 5 - 2015

received

3 - 9 - 2014

online

6 - 8 - 2015

Contributors

author

Amela Kasić

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

author

Feriz Adrović

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

author

Amira Kasumović

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

author

Ema Hankić

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0062