Spatial mapping of uranium in groundwater and risk assessment around an atomic power station in India

Manbir Singh; Vinod Kumar Garg; Yogendra Prakash Gautam; Avinash Kumar

doi:10.30638/eemj.2016.084

Spatial mapping of uranium in groundwater and risk assessment around an atomic power station in India

Manbir Singh, Vinod Kumar Garg^*, Yogendra Prakash Gautam, Avinash Kumar

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This paper reports the distribution of natural uranium in different underground water sources and health risk evaluation around Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora, India. The uranium concentration at studied locations ranged from BDL (<0.2 μg/L) to 32.37 μg/L with geometric mean (GM) of 6.4 μg/L and geometric standard deviation of 7.85. The life time average daily dose of uranium in drinking water was 0.64 μg kg^-1 day^-1. The cancer morbidity and mortality risk were also calculated for U-238, U-235 and U-234. The average cancer mortality was 8.03×10^-7, 3.1×10^-8 and 7.21×10^-7 and cancer morbidity was 1.28×10^-6, 4.89×10^-8 and 1.12 ×10^-6 for U-238, U-235 and U-234. It is concluded that health risk is minimal due to low levels of uranium in drinking water in Narora environment. However the concentration of uranium in drinking water must be monitored regularly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	783-790
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2016.084
Publication status	Published - 01-04-2016
Externally published	Yes

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