1. Levels of natural radioactivity in mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Kasić, Amela, Adrović, Feriz, Kasumović, Amira, and Hankić, Ema
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GEOTHERMAL resources , *NATURAL radioactivity , *ELECTRON paramagnetic resonance , *MAGNETIC susceptibility , *ELECTRON paramagnetic resonance imaging , *NUCLEAR research , *NUCLEAR science - Abstract
With gamma spectrometric method 23 samples of mineral and thermal waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina were analyzed. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides were in the range 12-346 mBq·L−1 for 40K, 1.1-791 mBq·L−1 for 226Ra, 0.2-221 mBq·L−1 for 228Ra, 13-367 mBq·L−1 for 238U, and 0.6-17 mBq·L−1 for 235U. For all investigated radionuclides annual effective dose was estimated. The estimated total annual committed effective dose received by population as a result of ingestion of water was in the range 0.11-2.51 μSv·y−1 for thermal water and in the range 0.11-38.8 μSv·y−1 for mineral water. Measurement of activity concentrations of natural radionuclides in the examined samples was carried out with a gamma-spectrometer with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, having a relative efficiency of 70%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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