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Natural radioactivity of drinking water on the southern and middle parts of Syria

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  • 1. Atomic Energy Commission, Dept. of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic)

Description

Water samples from 48 sites, covering the major drinking water sources in the southern and middle parts of Syria were collected twice and analyzed for 222 Rn, 226 Ra, 210 Po and total uranium. Also all samples were analyzed for major cations and anions, physical properties and Hardness. The results obtained were generally low and comparable with those found for other countries. The highest values were found in regions around the phosphate mines in the middle par of Syria with 113 Kb.m-3 for 222 Rn, 350 Bq.m-3 for 226 Ra, 8 Bq.m-3 for 210 Po and 350 Bq.m-3 for total uranium. (author). 6 tabs

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38 p.
Report number
AECS-PR/FRSR--162

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Country of Publication
Syrian Arab Republic
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
29056074
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
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Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA RADIATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; POLONIUM 210; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; SYRIA; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; METALS; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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