Radium in groundwaters

Dickson BL (1990) Radium in groundwater. In The enviromnental behavior of radium. Vol. 1. IAEA Teclmical Reports Series No. 310. Inti Atomic Energy Agency, Vieima, p 335-372 Domeiuco PA, Schwartz FW (1990) Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. John Wiley and Sons, New York... 

Environmental Fate. Studies of releases of radium that result from uranium mining and processing would be helpful to fully assess the total amount and environmental fate of radium released to the environment. Field data on the mobility of radium in groundwater would also be helpful in attempts to predict its potential for occurrence in sources of drinking water at remote sites. 

Scott, R.C. and Barker, F.B., 1962. Data on uranium and radium in groundwater in the United States, 1954 to 1957. US Geol. Survey, Prof Paper 426,115 pp. 

The model was applied to a specific case of contaminants from a uranium waste disposal. The contaminants of main concern were considered to be radon in air and radium in groundwater. The exposition point for the atmospheric model is a receptor located about 2 km from the source and for the hydrological model the exposition point is a hypothetical well located about 100 meters from the source. 

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