Authors: Reeba Maria Jose, Sunil A, Ben Byju S, Christa E Pereira, Vaidyan V K, Jojo P J
Affiliations: Centre for Advanced Research in Physical Sciences, Department of Physics, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, 691001, Kerala, India, Department of Physics, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
Emails: jojo@um.edu.my; jojo@fatimacollege.net
Journal: International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences (IJFPS)
Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-14, Date: March, 2011
ISSN: 2231-8186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14331/ijfps.2011.330003
The South Peninsular India is known to have very high levels of natural background radiation due to the monazite rich beach sand. Primordial uranium is ubiquitous and the heaviest radio toxic trace element available in all terrestrial substances at varying levels depending on the geology of the region. Uranium series supports several short-lived radioisotopes during its decay including radium. Uranium in drinking water is important in terms of the ingestion dose also. This report depicts the results of uranium analysis of 600 water samples collected from the south coast peninsular region extending parts of Kerala and Tamilnadu states of India through fission track registration technique...
Uranium, HBRA, water, ingestion dose