Evaluation of gross-α, gross-β, U, Th and K values in groundwater and related health hazards: a case study, Arıklı mineralization area and its surroundings, Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Turkey

• Published in: Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry 2022, Vol.331 (1), p.65-78
• Main Authors: Örgün Tutay, Yüksel, Erarslan, Cemile, Top, Gülcan, Karacık, Zekiye, Demiroğlu, Muhterem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Diagnostic Radiology; Dosage; Drinking water; Groundwater; Hadrons; Health hazards; Heavy Ions; Inorganic Chemistry; Mineralization; Natural radioactivity; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Physics; Physical Chemistry; Thorium; Uranium; Water sampling
• ISSN: 0236-5731; 1588-2780
• DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-08097-w

Variation of natural radioactivity level in the ground waters in the Arıklı uranium mineralization area, were investigated together with gross-α, gross-β, U, Th, K, EC and pH values. The U, Th and K values, which are mainly controlled by the geological features, varied over a wide range from 0.29 to 31.29 µg/L, 0.01–0.27 μg/L and from 0.44 to 37.29 mg/L, respectively. Although the U values of some water samples are higher than the WHO safe limits (15 ppb), all values of the gross-α and -β activity values and annual effective dose rates are lower than the drinking water safety limits of WHO (0.5 Bq/L, 1.0 Bq/L and 0.1 mSv/y, respectively).