Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption
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Resumo: | The primary motivation for this work is the evaluation of the radon concentration in portable water for human consumption in Bibala, a municipality in Angola, where granitic rocks are common, and contain a high concentration of uranium that can be mobilized in underground water. Radon is the largest contributor of radioactive pollution in underground water.Its concentration in water, represents a public health risk due to the fact that the gas can easily escape into the air, adding to the total indoor concentration of radon.On the other hand, ingestion of water with a high radon concentration represents an additional risk to the stomach. Measurements of radon concentration, in Bibala municipality's water, were performed on 16 samples obtained from wells of various depths and analyzed with DURRIDGEs' RAD7 equipment. Measured concentrations are in the range from 39.5 to 202 Bq/L , with 2 of the recovered samples presenting values over 100 Bq/L. |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public ConsumptionRadonWaterDosimetryBibalaThe primary motivation for this work is the evaluation of the radon concentration in portable water for human consumption in Bibala, a municipality in Angola, where granitic rocks are common, and contain a high concentration of uranium that can be mobilized in underground water. Radon is the largest contributor of radioactive pollution in underground water.Its concentration in water, represents a public health risk due to the fact that the gas can easily escape into the air, adding to the total indoor concentration of radon.On the other hand, ingestion of water with a high radon concentration represents an additional risk to the stomach. Measurements of radon concentration, in Bibala municipality's water, were performed on 16 samples obtained from wells of various depths and analyzed with DURRIDGEs' RAD7 equipment. Measured concentrations are in the range from 39.5 to 202 Bq/L , with 2 of the recovered samples presenting values over 100 Bq/L.ElsevieruBibliorumKessongo, JoaquimBahu, YoenlsInácio, M.Almeida, PedroPeralta, LuisSoares, Sandra2020-02-12T10:48:11Z2019-07-192019-07-19T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9226enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:49:51Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/9226Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:49:21.258093Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption Kessongo, Joaquim Radon Water Dosimetry Bibala |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Radon Concentration Potential in Bibala Municipality Water: Consequences for Public Consumption |
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Kessongo, Joaquim |
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Kessongo, Joaquim Bahu, Yoenls Inácio, M. Almeida, Pedro Peralta, Luis Soares, Sandra |
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Bahu, Yoenls Inácio, M. Almeida, Pedro Peralta, Luis Soares, Sandra |
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Kessongo, Joaquim Bahu, Yoenls Inácio, M. Almeida, Pedro Peralta, Luis Soares, Sandra |
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Radon Water Dosimetry Bibala |
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Radon Water Dosimetry Bibala |
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The primary motivation for this work is the evaluation of the radon concentration in portable water for human consumption in Bibala, a municipality in Angola, where granitic rocks are common, and contain a high concentration of uranium that can be mobilized in underground water. Radon is the largest contributor of radioactive pollution in underground water.Its concentration in water, represents a public health risk due to the fact that the gas can easily escape into the air, adding to the total indoor concentration of radon.On the other hand, ingestion of water with a high radon concentration represents an additional risk to the stomach. Measurements of radon concentration, in Bibala municipality's water, were performed on 16 samples obtained from wells of various depths and analyzed with DURRIDGEs' RAD7 equipment. Measured concentrations are in the range from 39.5 to 202 Bq/L , with 2 of the recovered samples presenting values over 100 Bq/L. |
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