<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12–346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1–791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2–221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13–367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6–17 mBq·L−1 for 235U. For all investigated radionuclides annual effective dose was estimated. The estimated total annual committed effective dose received by population as a result of ingestion of water was in the range 0.11–2.51 μSv·y−1 for thermal water and in the range 0.11–38.8 μSv·y−1 for mineral water. Measurement of activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in the examined samples was carried out with a gamma-spectrometer with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, having a relative efficiency of 70%.</abstract>

With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12–346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1–791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2–221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13–367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6–17 mBq·L−1 for 235U. For all investigated radionuclides annual effective dose was estimated. The estimated total annual committed effective dose received by population as a result of ingestion of water was in the range 0.11–2.51 μSv·y−1 for thermal water and in the range 0.11–38.8 μSv·y−1 for mineral water. Measurement of activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in the examined samples was carried out with a gamma-spectrometer with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, having a relative efficiency of 70%.

Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated...

Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Aug 06, 2015

Page range: 503 - 508

Received: Sep 03, 2014

Accepted: May 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0062

Keywords
gamma spectrometry, natural radioactivity, mineral water, thermal water, groundwater uranium, radium

© Amela Kasić et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published Online: Aug 06, 2015

Page range: 503 - 508

Received: Sep 03, 2014

Accepted: May 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0062

Keywordsgamma spectrometry, natural radioactivity, mineral water, thermal water, groundwater uranium, radium

© Amela Kasić et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gamma spectrometry, natural radioactivity, mineral water, thermal water, groundwater uranium, radium