Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal

Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal

Radon chamber using SSNTD CR39 (Columbian Resin #39) was developed and optimized to measure supported 222Rn activity concentration through degassing process in ground water samples from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. This ground waters contained natural radioactivity associated with uranium and thoriu...

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Main Author: Zainal, Nor Shazlina
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Salts
Malaysia
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14105/1/14105.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.141052022-03-30T06:52:11Z Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal 2014-08 Zainal, Nor Shazlina Salts Malaysia Radon chamber using SSNTD CR39 (Columbian Resin #39) was developed and optimized to measure supported 222Rn activity concentration through degassing process in ground water samples from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. This ground waters contained natural radioactivity associated with uranium and thorium that present in rocks and soils. If this water is inhaled or ingested by human, they may be exposed to the emission of energetic alpha particle from radium and supported 222Rn decaying process in this water. The measurement of supported 222Rn activity concentration in ground water sources, rivers, treatment plants and its distribution areas samples was successfully carried out using CR39 inside radon chamber. Supported Rn in samples ranged from 0.22±0.13 to 1.45±0.09 Bq/L. Validation of radon chamber using CR39 with continuous radon monitor has demonstrated this analytical technique was able to produce reliable analytical result for measuring supported222 Rn in water. The supported 222Rn results from radon chamber method have been verified with 222Ra activity concentration results using gamma spectrometry technique through its progenies which a technique for measuring supported radon in water. Supported 222Rn in samples from selected sites was lower than 11 Bq/L, the limit of radon in drinking water (USEPA 1999). The annual ingested dose for supported 222Rn consumption was calculated based on consuming 2L of water/day and found to range from 45±6 to 287±27 ^iSv/yr which was below than 290 |iSv/yr (worldwide average annual effective dose). This is due to the low levels of supported 222Rn that indicates all investigated samples are acceptable for consumption. 2014-08 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14105/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14105/1/14105.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Applied Sciences Saat, Ahmad (Assoc. Prof. Dr.) Hamzah, Zaini (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Saat, Ahmad (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Hamzah, Zaini (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
topic Salts
Malaysia
spellingShingle Salts
Malaysia
Zainal, Nor Shazlina
Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
description Radon chamber using SSNTD CR39 (Columbian Resin #39) was developed and optimized to measure supported 222Rn activity concentration through degassing process in ground water samples from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. This ground waters contained natural radioactivity associated with uranium and thorium that present in rocks and soils. If this water is inhaled or ingested by human, they may be exposed to the emission of energetic alpha particle from radium and supported 222Rn decaying process in this water. The measurement of supported 222Rn activity concentration in ground water sources, rivers, treatment plants and its distribution areas samples was successfully carried out using CR39 inside radon chamber. Supported Rn in samples ranged from 0.22±0.13 to 1.45±0.09 Bq/L. Validation of radon chamber using CR39 with continuous radon monitor has demonstrated this analytical technique was able to produce reliable analytical result for measuring supported222 Rn in water. The supported 222Rn results from radon chamber method have been verified with 222Ra activity concentration results using gamma spectrometry technique through its progenies which a technique for measuring supported radon in water. Supported 222Rn in samples from selected sites was lower than 11 Bq/L, the limit of radon in drinking water (USEPA 1999). The annual ingested dose for supported 222Rn consumption was calculated based on consuming 2L of water/day and found to range from 45±6 to 287±27 ^iSv/yr which was below than 290 |iSv/yr (worldwide average annual effective dose). This is due to the low levels of supported 222Rn that indicates all investigated samples are acceptable for consumption.
format Thesis
qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Zainal, Nor Shazlina
author_facet Zainal, Nor Shazlina
author_sort Zainal, Nor Shazlina
title Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
title_short Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
title_full Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
title_fullStr Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal
title_sort assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from cameron highlands area / nor shazlina zainal
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate 2014
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14105/1/14105.pdf
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