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Estimation of Annual Effective Dose due to Radon Concentration in Water Samples of Moga District of Northern Punjab, India


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1 Department of Physics, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab 151 001, India
2 Department of Physics, Kashmir University, Jammu & Kashmir 190 006, India
3 Department of Physics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab 144 001, India
 

The current study evaluated the radon content in drinking water from several sources in the Moga district of Punjab, India, using a scintillation-based detector (groundwater and surface water). The average radon content in water was 3.48 Bq L-1, with a standard deviation of 2 Bq L-1, and a range from 0.88 Bq L-1 to 8.82 Bq L-1. The health risk for newborn (1-2 years), children (8-12 years), and adults have also been calculated using the ingestion and inhalation doses (above 17 years). The average annual effective dose that resulted was found to be much lower than the WHO-recommended safe level of 0.1 mSvy-11 . Therefore, it can be stated that the population of the examined area is not significantly at danger for radiological health due to radon in water.

Keywords

Radon, Groundwater, Smart RnDuo, Inhalation, Ingestion Dose.
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Authors

Supriya Rani
Department of Physics, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab 151 001, India
Sandeep Kansal
Department of Physics, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab 151 001, India
Amit Kumar Singla
Department of Physics, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab 151 001, India
Salik Nazir
Department of Physics, Kashmir University, Jammu & Kashmir 190 006, India
Rohit Mehra
Department of Physics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab 144 001, India

Abstract


The current study evaluated the radon content in drinking water from several sources in the Moga district of Punjab, India, using a scintillation-based detector (groundwater and surface water). The average radon content in water was 3.48 Bq L-1, with a standard deviation of 2 Bq L-1, and a range from 0.88 Bq L-1 to 8.82 Bq L-1. The health risk for newborn (1-2 years), children (8-12 years), and adults have also been calculated using the ingestion and inhalation doses (above 17 years). The average annual effective dose that resulted was found to be much lower than the WHO-recommended safe level of 0.1 mSvy-11 . Therefore, it can be stated that the population of the examined area is not significantly at danger for radiological health due to radon in water.

Keywords


Radon, Groundwater, Smart RnDuo, Inhalation, Ingestion Dose.

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