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Assessment of the radiation quality of groundwater with an increased uranium isotope ratio 234U/238U (Pre-Volga region, European Russia)

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The article is devoted to assessing the radiation quality formation of groundwater with anomalous excesses of 234U on example the Pre-Volga region (European part of Russia). It was found that exceeding the reference values of groundwater radiological toxicity in a number of cases is associated with anomalously high activity of 234U. Isotopic (2H, 18O) and chemical data indicate that the anomalous 234U/238U ratios are of cryogenic origin related to the effects of past climatic fluctuations on the aquifers. Such groundwater formed from thawed permafrost at extremely low uranium concentrations may have unsatisfactory radiological quality due to anomalous excesses of 234U.

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The authors would like to thank PhD Ekaterina Konopleva for assistance in sampling of groundwater. The authors are also grateful to the heads of the municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Chuvash Republic for assistance in organizing of water sampling.

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This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 20-77-10057 “Diagnostics of permafrost degradation based on isotope tracers (234U/238U, δ18O + δ2H, δ13C + 14C)”.

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Yakovlev, E., Tokarev, I., Orlov, A. et al. Assessment of the radiation quality of groundwater with an increased uranium isotope ratio 234U/238U (Pre-Volga region, European Russia). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 4963–4975 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09174-y

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