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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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Title Estimation of Annual Effective Dose due to Radon Concentration in Water Samples of Moga District of Northern Punjab, India
 
Creator Rani, Supriya
Kansal, Sandeep
Singla, Amit Kumar
Nazir, Salik
Mehra, Rohit
 
Subject Radon
Groundwater
Smart RnDuo
Inhalation
Ingestion dose
 
Description 423-428
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.
 
Date 2023-06-22T11:33:23Z
2023-06-22T11:33:23Z
2023-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0959 (Online); 0301-1208 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62080
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijpap.v61i6.2412
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJPAP Vol.61(06) [June 2023]