Saline waters from underground coal mines in Poland often contain natural radioactive isotopes, mainly 226Ra from the uranium decay series and 228Ra from the thorium series. More than 70% of the total amount of radium remains underground as radioactive deposits due to spontaneous co-precipitation or water treatment technologies, but several tens of MBq of 226Ra and even higher activity of 228Ra...

Background: Radium-226 (226Ra) is a product of the 238U radionuclide decay series that significantly incorporated into the human body through water intake. It can also potentially cause a series of health problems including cancers of the digestive system. Radium-226 (226Ra) is a product of the 238U radionuclide decay series that significantly incorporated into the human body through water ...

We propose a new method to measure the (222)Rn concentration in a closed bore-hole and to use the results for estimation of the diffusion parameter and the average radium content of the surrounding geological formations. In a closed bore-hole, only several meters from the surface, the radon concentration is rather constant (in the +/-15% range) under different meteorological conditions. The inf...

Introduction: Alpha particle emitters are very damaging and harmful when entering into the human body ,if   ingested or inhaled , swallowed or absorbed  into the lungs or bloodstream . Uranium (238U), Radium (226Ra) and Radon (222Rn) are typical alpha-particle emitters. Material and Methods: we measured the level of alpha particles emitted from 222Rn, 226Ra, and 238U in blood samples of 10 can...

Radium-226, an alpha emitter with half-life 1600 years, is ubiquitous in natural environments. Present rocks and soils, it also absorbed by vegetation. The efficiency of 226Ra uptake plants from the soil important to assess for study heavy metals plants, monitoring radioactive pollution, biogeochemical cycle radium Critical Zone. Using a thoroughly validated measurement method effective concent...

The concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides of Ra and Ra were determined in the groundwater samples in three areas near Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia. The waters of these areas are supplied for the city consumption. A total of thirty water samples of the three areas were analyzed for Ra and Ra. The concentration of Ra was found in the range from 2.1 – 6.3, 7.2 14.1 and 16.7 – 33.5 mBq...

Coal is an important non-renewable energy source of and can be associated with radioactive elements. In Figueira city, Paraná state, Brazil, it was recorded high uranium activity near the coal mine that supplies a local thermoelectric power plant. In this context, the radon activity (Rn-222, produced by the Ra-226 decay in the U-238 natural series) was evaluated in groundwater, river water and ...

background: health hazards associated with exposure due to the natural radioactivity which is a part of our physical environment are of great concern. in order to assess the risks associated with exposure due to the natural radioactivity in soil and building materials, extensive studies have been carried out all over the world. the most commonly encountered radionuclide’s are 238u, 232th, their...