The radiological impact of phosphogypsum stockpile in Wiślinka (northern Poland) on the Martwa Wisła river water

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Grzegorz OlszewskiBogdan Skwarzec

Abstract

The aim of this work was to determine the concentrations of uranium ((234)U, (235)U, (238)U), polonium ((210)Po) and lead ((210)Pb) radioisotopes in water samples and to explore the impact of the phosphogypsum stack on the Martwa Wisła waters. The (238)U, (210)Po and (210)Pb concentrations in analyzed water samples reached maximum values of 11.7 ± 0.3, 2.0 ± 0.1 and 3.2 ± 0.1 mBq L(-1) and activity ratios were maximally 1.18 ± 0.01 for (234)U/(238)U, 0.041 ± 0.018 for (235)U/(238)U and 0.69 ± 0.10 for (210)Po/(210)Pb. The obtained results suggest that this impact is rather insignificant and does not affect significantly the Martwa Wisła river.

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Jun 14, 2016·Environment International·Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka
May 8, 2019·Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies·Alicja BoryłoBogdan Skwarzec
Oct 25, 2017·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Dagmara I Strumińska-ParulskaJerzy Falandysz
Apr 23, 2020·Journal of Radiological Protection : Official Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection·J KneževićJ Hansman

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