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Ground Water Ingestion Dose Due to Intake of Radionuclide (Natural U and 226Ra) to Population Around Uranium Mining Complex at Jaduguda
N. K. Sethy1*, V. N. Jha1, S. K. Sahoo2, A. K. Shukla1, R. M. Tripathi1 and V. D. Puranik1
1Environmental Survey Laboratory, Health Physics Unit, Jaduguda Mines, Jharkhand-832102
2Environmental Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Dr. N.K. Sethy
Environmental Survey Laboratory
Health Physics Unit
Jaduguda Mines
Jharkhand-832102
E-mail: sethybarc@rediffmail.com
Received Date: December 17, 2010; Accepted Date: February 22, 2011; Published Date: February 25, 2011
Citation: Sethy NK, Jha VN, Sahoo SK, Shukla AK, Tripathi RM, et al. (2011) Ground Water Ingestion Dose Due to Intake of Radionuclide (Natural u and 226ra) to Population Around Uranium Mining Complex at Jaduguda. J Ecosys Ecograph 1:104. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000104
Copyright: © 2011 Sethy NK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Monitoring of ground water for naturally occurring radionuclide around a uranium ore processing industry is an integral part of long term environmental surveillance program. Ground water around the uranium mining complex at various distances are collected and analyzed for natural occurring radionuclide. Concentration of uranium and 226Ra in ground water were found to be very low and present in background level. The subsequent annual ingestion dose to the members of public within 1.5km of the uranium industry is less than 1% of the stipulated dose limit by ICRP. Statistical analysis of uranium concentration during the ground water monitoring program from the period 2003- 2007 is found to be not following either normal or lognormal distribution. Concentration of 226Ra was log-normally distributed for the same period. Ground water ingestion dose due to intake of dissolved radionuclide (U and 226Ra) insignificant and less than 1% of the stipulated dose limit for members of public (1mSv).
