Possible Changes in Radiation Background of the Natural Environment Caused by Coal Mine Activity
作者:
K. SKUBACZ,
J. LEBECKA,
S. CHALUPNIK,
M. WYSOCKA,
期刊:
Energy Sources
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 2
页码: 149-153
ISSN:0090-8312
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/00908319208908716
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Dose rate;radioactive contamination caused by coal mine activity;radioactive deposits;radium;radium-bearing waters;radon daughter concentrations
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Highly mineralized waters with salt content up to 200 kg/m3occur in carboniferous strata in upper Silesia. These waters often contain high226Ra concentration, reaching 400 kBq/m3, and flow from the surrounding rocks into mine workings and then have to be pumped out to the surface, finally ending in the rivers. Radium-bearing waters of type A contain significant amounts of barium ions. In these cases radium is easily co-precipitated with barium in the form of BaSO4+ RaSO4. The specific radioactivity of such deposits can be as high as 1 MBqlkg. Radioactive deposits cause elevated gamma radiation levels up to 200 pA/kg and also some elevation of radon daughter concentrations in air. Usually the contamination is limited to small areas lying near streambeds where radium-bearing waters have flowed. Nevertheless, waste materials from coal mines may cause significant radioactive pollution of the natural environment. In carboniferous strata, so-called radium-bearing waters of type B occur. These waters contain considerable amounts of sulfates but do not contain Ba2+ions. In type B waters the concentration of226Ra reaches 12 kBq/m3. In this case there are no chemical conditions for forming highly radioactive deposits.
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