MEASUREMENTS OF RADON LEVELS IN THERMAL WATERS OF BURSA, TURKEY

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作者：

Gurler, Orhan ^{[1
]}

Akar, Urkiye ^{[1
]}

Kahraman, Aysegul ^{[1
]}

Yalcin, Sezai ^{[2
]}

Kaynak, Gokay ^{[1
]}

Gundogdu, Ozcan ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Uludag Univ, Dept Phys, Fac Arts & Sci, TR-16059 Bursa, Turkey

[2] Kastamonu Univ, Fac Educ, TR-37200 Kastamonu, Turkey

[3] Univ Surrey, Dept Phys, Fac Engn & Phys Sci, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England

[4] Kocaeli Univ, TR-41100 Kocaeli, Turkey

来源：

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN | 2010年 / 19卷 / 12A期

关键词：

Radon; Radiation; Thermal waters; AlphaGUARD; DRINKING-WATER; EXPOSURE; AREA;

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中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Radon (Rn-222) is a tasteless, colourless and odourless radioactive noble gas, responsible for approximately 50% of radiation from natural sources. Being highly soluble in water, radon in water sources is also a major public health concern and is still an active research area. This paper presents the results of radon concentration measurements in thermal water samples from Cekirge region of the city of Bursa, rich in geothermal waters located in the northwest part of Turkey. The radon activity concentrations in 36 thermal water samples were determined by using AlphaGUARD PQ 2000PRO radon gas analyser. AlphaGUARD is an ionizing chamber which measures radon via alpha spectrometric techniques. It is found that the concentration ranged from 2.513 +/- 0.286 to 82.553 +/- 1.919 Bq.L-1 for radon. The doses delivered to the users during treatment were also calculated and found to be in the range of 0.36 nSv to 11.89 nSv per treatment.

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页码：3013 / 3017

页数：5