RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 137-144.

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Uranium content survey of well water around Bayanwula uranium mining area in Inner Mongolia

ZHANG Shuai, HA Ribala, GE Rilemandahu, XU Xiao, SUN Zhichao, BAO Yulong, WANG Chengguo   

  1. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Comprehensive Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Medical and Health in Inner Mongolia,Hohhot 010031
  • Received:2022-05-24 Online:2023-03-20 Published:2023-05-11

Abstract: With the search and exploitation of uranium ore, it has become a common concern whether the water around uranium mine is contaminated by uranium. The total uranium concentration of all water samples from 98 wells within 30 km around the uranium mine was monitored. The results showed that the total uranium concentration of 98 well water samples ranged from 3.74 to 125.18 μg/L and 3.76 to 150.36 μg/L during dry and wet periods, respectively. And the total uranium concentration of some samples was higher than the 30 μg/L. The survey also found that installation of drinking water filtration device can significantly reduce the amount of uranium in the well water.

Key words: Bayanwula uranium mining, well water, drinking water, uranium

CLC Number: 

  • X824