Risk due to radionuclides in drinking water

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:7165400

Cothern, C R; Milvy, P ^[1]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)

Estimates of risk due to radionuclides in drinking water has been evaluated. The primary risk from radionuclides is due to naturally occurring radium, uranium and radon. The average levels of occurrence of these are: {sup 226}Ra 0.3-0.8 pCi/L, {sup 228}Ra 0.4-1 pCi/L, natural uranium 0.3-2 pCi/L, {sup 222}Rn 50-300 pCi/L {sup 210}Pb < 0.11 pCi/L, {sup 210}Po < 0.13 pCi/L, {sup 230}th < 0.04 pCi/L and {sup 232}Th < 0.01 pCi/L. The estimated annual population risks (the number of fatalities per year in the US) are; {sup 226}Ra 3-60 excess cases, {sup 228}Ra 3-60 excess cases, natural uranium 1-10 excess cases, {sup 222}Rn 80-800 excess cases and {sup 90}Sr 0.2-1 excess cases.

• OSTI ID: 7165400
• Report Number(s): CONF-8909233-; CODEN: ACWCA; TRN: 90-007798
• Journal Information: Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA), Vol. 28:2; Conference: Workshop on towards establishing b factory, Syracuse, NY (USA), 6-9 Sep 1989; ISSN 0099-7293
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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