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- PublicationRestrictedRadioactivity in waters of Mt. Etna (Italy)(2009-04)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Kozlowska, B.; University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, ul. Uniwersytecka 4, 40007 Katowice, Poland ;Morelli, D.; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita` di Catania, via S. Sofia, 64 I-95123 Catania, Italy ;Walencik, A.; University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, ul. Uniwersytecka 4, 40007 Katowice, Poland ;Dorda, J.; University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, ul. Uniwersytecka 4, 40007 Katowice, Poland ;Altamore, I.; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita` di Catania, via S. Sofia, 64 I-95123 Catania, Italy ;Chieffalo, V.; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita` di Catania, via S. Sofia, 64 I-95123 Catania, Italy ;Giammanco, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia ;Imme, G.; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita` di Catania, via S. Sofia, 64 I-95123 Catania, Italy ;Zipper, W.; University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, ul. Uniwersytecka 4, 40007 Katowice, Poland; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Radioactivity in underground waters from Mt. Etna was investigated on the basis of 13 samples. The samples were collected from springs, wells and galleries around the volcano. Water from nine out of thirteen intakes is used for consumption. Activity concentration of uranium isotopes 234,238U, radium isotopes 226,228Ra and radon 222Rn were determined with the use different nuclear spectrometry techniques. The measurements of radium and radon activity concentration were performed with the use of a liquid scintillation counter. The determination of uranium isotopes was carried out with the use of alpha spectrometry. All samples show uranium concentration above Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA), with the highest total uranium (234U þ 238U) activity concentration equal to 130 mBq/l. For radium isotopes, all samples except one showed the activity concentration below MDA. Radon activity concentration was within the range from 1 to 13 Bq/l, hence these waters can be classified as low-radon waters.338 43