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Radon (Rn-222) concentration in ground waters of Bokaro District, Jharkhand, India

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The main aim of the study is to present an assessment report of radon concentration in the underground water of Bokaro district, Jharkhand, India. Water samples were collected from tube-wells at 100 different locations scattered throughout the district. The radon (222Rn) concentration level varies widely between 3.5 and 598.9 Bq/l with an average value of 145.8 Bq/l. In this paper, total annual effective dose of the samples and associated excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) were estimated also to assess the health risk due to the consumption of the radon rich water.

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We are grateful to Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University for providing the essential infrastructural facility and the local people of the area under study for their cooperation. Authors acknowledge the assistance of Suman Paul, Professor and Suman Mukherjee, Research Scholar of the Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, India in preparing the figures using ArcGIS. CB acknowledges the financial assistance from Department of Science & Technology-Fund for Improvement of Science &Technology Infrastructure (SR/FST/PS-1/2020/159) New Delhi, India and RUSA grant of SKBU, University Grant Commissions-Faculty Research Promotion Scheme Start-up-Grant [(No.F.30-557/2021(BSR) Dated: 21 Jan, 2022)], seed grant of faculty research, SKBU (R/847/SKBU/2022 dated 20th July, 2022).

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Sutradhar, S., Mukherjee, J., Mitra, S. et al. Radon (Rn-222) concentration in ground waters of Bokaro District, Jharkhand, India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 333, 1547–1558 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09143-5

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