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Groundwater samples obtained from the Okchun Belt in Korea were separated into particulate and filtered fraction using a 0.45 mm membrane filter and concentrations and activity ratios of uranium isotopes in the fractions were determined by chemical separation and alpha-spectrometric measurements. Most of the uranium isotopes in the groundwater were found in the filtered water. Only less than 1% of the total uranium was detected in the particulate fraction. The concentrations and activity ratios of uranium isotopes in the groundwater measured in this study were variable, depending upon sampling site. Owing to a rapid material exchange between the subterranean hot waters and the rock strata, the concentrations of 238 U in the groundwater in the hot spring area were found to be about four times higher than those elsewhere. Because of the a-particle recoil effect, the activity ratios of 234 U/ 238 U in the groundwater taken at ''cold'' spring sites were variable within the range 1.20 to 3.58, depending on the residence time of the groundwater. In the hot spring area, the activity ratios of 234 U/ 238 U were close to the equilibrium value (1.10 AE 0.07) due to rapid erosion of the rock

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Author

M.H. Lee; G.S. Choi; Y.H. Cho; C.W. Lee; H.S. Shin

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; Publons (ISSN 0265-931X)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)