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Risk assessment due to ingestion of uranium and radon in the drinking water samples of the Budhakedar region in Garhwal Himalaya, India

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The effects of uranium and its decay product radon in water are the most important concern in human health. In this paper, efforts have been made to measure and correlate the uranium (Using an LED Fluorimeter) and radon concentrations (Using SMART RnDuo) in the water samples from the Budhakedar region of the Garhwal Himalaya to assess the risk. The concentrations of uranium and radon in the water samples were found to vary between Below Detection Level (BDL) to 1.70 Bq L−1 (with an arithmetic mean of 0.15 Bq L−1) and 0.43 to 1.29 Bq L−1 (with an arithmetic mean of 0.75 Bq L−1) respectively. The annual effective dose to the inhabitants of the study region was also calculated for the different age groups.

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The laboratory facilities were provided by the Department of Physics, Shri Guru Teg Bhadur Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India for the present study.

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  1. Department of Physics, S.S.S.T.S.R. Govt. Degree College Nainidanda, Pauri Garhwal, 246277, India

    Manjulata Yadav

  2. Department of Physics, P.N.G. Govt. P.G. College, Ramnagar, Nainital, 244715, India

    Krishna Pal Singh

  3. Department of Chemistry, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Badshahi Thaul Campus, Tehri Garhwal, 249199, India

    Sanjay Dutt

  4. Department of Physics, SGTB Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur Sahib, 140118, India

    Vimal Mehta & Jaswinder Kaur

  5. Department of Physics, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Badshahi Thaul Campus, Tehri Garhwal, 249199, India

    R. C. Ramola

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Yadav, M., Singh, K.P., Dutt, S. et al. Risk assessment due to ingestion of uranium and radon in the drinking water samples of the Budhakedar region in Garhwal Himalaya, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 333, 3065–3074 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09262-z

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