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The Measurement of Radon and Radium Concentrations in Well Water in the Afyonkarahisar area of Turkey

H. A. Yalim

Afyon Kocatepe University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, hayalim{at}aku.edu.tr

I. Akkurt

Suleyman Demirel University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Isparta, Turkey

F. B. Ozdemir

Afyon Kocatepe University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

R. Unal

Afyon Kocatepe University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

A. Sandikcioglu

Afyon Kocatepe University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

A. Akkurt

Afyon Kocatepe University, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Fizik Bol, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas, is the main source of the natural radiation that is received by the population. It derives from the traces of radium in rocks and can diffuse directly or as solution in water to the earth’s surface. Measurements of radium and radon concentration in a total of ten different well waters sampled at about 100m depth in the Afyonkarahisar area of Turkey have been made. It was found that the concentration ranged from 0.42-28.82Bq·L-1 for radon and from 0.07-7.16Bq·L-1 for radium. A 99% correlation between radon and radium concentrations was found. From these data the average annual effective dose equivalent from radon and radium in the water have been estimated to about 73.8 and 778.96µSv·y-1, respectively.

Key Words: Radon • Radium • Well water • Annual effective dose

Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, 77-81 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06074731
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