BARC/PUB/2017/1396

 
 

Study on uranium contamination in groundwater of Faridkot and Muktsar districts of Punjab using stable isotopes of water

 
     
 
Author(s)

Pant, D.; Keesari, T.; Sharma, D.; Jaryal, A.; Sinha, U. K.; Dash, A.; Tripathi, R. M.; and others
(IRAD;RPhD;HPD)

Source

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2017. Vol. 313: pp. 635-639

ABSTRACT

Environmental isotopic study has been con-ducted in Faridkot and Muktsar districts of Punjab to assess the uranium contamination as well as to determine the isotopic signatures of contaminated groundwater. Results indicate that U levels range from 3 to 190μg/L and ten samples are contaminated out of twenty collected. Uranium contamination is observed both in shallow and deep groundwaters but decreases with depth. Positive correlation was found between alkalinity and U. The δ18 O values range between-9 and-6% and do not show any dis-tinction between contaminated and uncontaminated groundwater.

 
 
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