Estimation of radon concentration in groundwater of coastal area in Baleshwar district of Odisha, India. Issue 8 (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Krishan, Gopal; Rao, M. S.; Kumar, C. P.
• Is Part Of: Indoor + built environment. Volume 24:Issue 8(2015)
• Page Start: 1147
• Page End: 1152
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Radon concentration -- Groundwater -- East-coast -- Baleshwar -- Odisha; Indoor air pollution -- Periodicals; Sick building syndrome -- Periodicals; Buildings -- Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; 613.5
• DOI: 10.1177/1420326X14549979
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1420-326X

Abstract

The present study was carried out to determine the distribution of radon ( 222 Rn) activity concentration measured using Durridge RAD-7 in the groundwater samples in the coastal area of Baleshwar district, Odisha, India. The 222 Rn activities in 10 groundwater samples of coastal area of Baleshwar were measured and the values of 222 Rn ranged between 1.6 ± 0.21 and 17.0 ± 1.69 kBq m −3 with an average value of 8.98 ± 0.85 kBq m −3, and seven samples were well within the Environmental Protection Agency's maximum contaminant level of 11.1 kBq m −3 while three samples were more than the maximum contaminant level of 11.1 kBq m −3 . The effective dose per m 3 and annual effective dose values were varying with respect to the increase in radon concentration and were significantly lower than the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and WHO recommended limit for members of the public of 1 mSv y −1 .