Mitigation of radon levels in water

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5777070

Abulfaraj, W; Mamoon, A M; Sahsah, M ^[1]

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1. King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

Potable well waters are used for drinking, various domestic usage, and for irrigation in many parts of the world. Because of the possibility of finding high concentrations of radioactive gas, a program will be conducted to determine the levels of [sup 222]Rn in local well waters. The liquid scintillation counting technique will be used in the survey. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently proposed that the upper limit for [sup 222]Rn in potable water should not exceed 300 pCi/l. According to the EPA, well waters found to have concentration of [sup 222]Rn higher than 300 pCi/l will need treatment to reduce radon to the accepted levels. The plan of current work is to study the effect of various radon-mitigating techniques. Activated charcoal treatment, aeration, and heat treatment of water high in [sup 222]Rn concentration have been investigated in the laboratory to determine their effectiveness for removing [sup 222]Rn from well waters.

• OSTI ID: 5777070
• Report Number(s): CONF-930601--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 68
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540230* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
AERATION
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON
CLEANING
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DECONTAMINATION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
GROUND WATER
HEAT TREATMENTS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPES
MITIGATION
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
WATER