NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS IN ANDALUSIAN SPAS

Authors
DUENAS C FERNANDEZ MC ENRIQUEZ C CARRETERO J LIGER E
Citation
C. Duenas et al., NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS IN ANDALUSIAN SPAS, Water research (Oxford), 32(8), 1998, pp. 2271-2278
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Environmental Sciences","Water Resources
Journal title
Water research (Oxford) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00431354
Volume
32
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2271 - 2278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-1354(1998)32:8<2271:NRLIAS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Gross-alpha and gross-beta activity, Rn-222, Ra-226 and Ra-224 of wate rs from several spas of Andalusia (Spain) were performed in order to d etermine their radioactivity. Radon concentration ranged from 0.225 to 130 Bq/l. Ra-226 and Ra-224 concentrations ranged from 2 to 1367 mBq/ l and from 2 to 122 mBq/l respectively. Correlations between the Rn-22 2 and Ra-226 concentrations and gross-alpha activity were obtained. A correlation between Ra-224 concentrations and gross-beta activity was also found. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.