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Title:
RADIUM AND THORIUM X IN SOME POTABLE WATERS ( ACTA RADIOLOGICA, VOL 43, JANUARY 1955 ) ( PARTIAL DOCUMENT )
Author(s):
STEHNEY, A F [CENTER FOR HUMAN RADIOBIOLOGY]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1955 Jan 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0010
Accession Number:
NV0702316
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
A NUMBER OF RADIUM ANALYSES HAVE BEEN MADE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN DATA ON NATURAL LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY AND TO HELP LOCATE POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES HAVING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH RADIUM CONTENT AS PART OF A CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE TOXICITY OF RADIUM. WATER FROM WELLS, WHICH PENETRATES INTO THE GALESVILLE SANDSTONE OF CAMBRIAN AGE AT A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN FROM 3 TO 8 UUC 226RA PER LITER AND SIMILAR CONCENTRATIONS OF 224RA. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE HIGHEST AUTHENTICATED CONCENTRATION OF RADIUM FOUND TO DATE FOR ANY DRINKING WATER IN THE UNITED STATES. THE COMBINED POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITIES USING THESE WELLS IS OVER 100,000. DRINKING WATER FROM FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN LESS THAN 0.3 UUC 226RA PER LITER AS COMPARED TO MORE THAN 300 UUC PER LITER PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. LESS THAN ONE UUC OF TOTAL ALPHA ACTIVITY PER LITER WAS FOUND IN WATER FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ALTHOUGH 143 UUC 226RA PER LITER HAD BEEN REPORTED.