Published 2012 | Version v1
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Health risk assessment of uranium in drinking water around Narora Atomic Power Station

Creators

  • 1. Environmental Survey and Micrometeorology Laboratory, Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora (India)
  • 2. Environmental Studies Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  • 3. Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar (India)

Description

In Narora environment the main source of drinking water is hand pump water. Uranium in different drinking water samples from hand pumps around Narora were analysed. The range of Uranium concentration is found to be from BDL (0.2 ppb) to 14.48 ppb with geometric mean (GM) of 3.07 ppb and geometric Standard Deviation of 2.72. The life time average daily dose of Uranium in drinking water was observed to be 0.17 μg kg-1day-1 compared to reference dose of 0.6 μg kg-1day-1. (Gilman et al. 1998). It is concluded that health risk is minimal due to uranium in drinking water around Narora. However, the concentration of uranium in drinking water must be monitored regularly. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the thirtieth IARP conference on radiological protection and safety in nuclear reactors and radiation installations: book of abstracts

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the thirtieth IARP conference on radiological protection and safety in nuclear reactors and radiation installations: book of abstracts
Imprint Pagination
227 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 143

Conference

Title
30. IARP conference on radiological protection and safety in nuclear reactors and radiation installations
Acronym
IARPNC-2012
Dates
15-17 Mar 2012
Place
Mangalore (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
44062281
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NARORA-1 REACTOR; NARORA-2 REACTOR; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; METALS; MONITORING; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; WATER

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