Estimation of Distribution Coefficient of Uranium and its correlation with soil parameters around Turamdih Uranium Tailings Pond

Predicting the transfer of radionuclides in the environment for normal release, accidental, disposal or remediation scenarios, in order to assess exposure, requires the availability of important generic parameter values. One of the key parameters in environmental assessment, is the solid liquid distribution coefficient, K d , which is used to predict radionuclide–soil interaction and subsequent radionuclide transport in the soil column (H. Vandenhove et al., 2009). Distribution coefficient values of uranium are very much dependent on various physics-chemical parameters of soil and ground water, that’s why site Abstract