Radon activity in ground waters of seven test areas in Minnesota. Report of Investigations 25

Technical Report · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5674231

Lively, R S; Southwick, D L

The Minnesota Geological Survey collected and analyzed a total of 1975 water samples from seven areas in Minnesota with a combined area of 9467 km/sup 2/ (3655 mi/sup 2/) for radon activity during 1978 to 1979. Of these samples, about 90 percent contained less than 2000 pCi/l radon, about 10 percent contained between 2000 and 10,000 pCi/l, and less than 1 percent exceeded 10,000 pCi/l. The program was designed to investigate radon activity in areas of Minnesota where geologic factors are known to be similar to those in producing uranium mining districts, to acquire independent data on radon in areas of Minnesota actively being explored for uranium by private companies, and in addition, to test the usefulness in Minnesota of radon mapping for locating buried faults and other geologic structures without regard to uranium potential.

• Research Organization: Minnesota Univ., St. Paul (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5674231
• Report Number(s): NP-2902474; ON: DE82902474
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DATA
DATA COMPILATION
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ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
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