Uranium monitoring in ground- and wastewaters
Date
2018Source
Desalination and Water TreatmentVolume
112Pages
94-98Google Scholar check
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Uranium in ground- and wastewater samples has been analyzed by alpha-spectroscopy after pre-concentration and separation by means of a chelating resin Lewatit TP 207, and following electrodeposition of the radioelement on stainless steel discs. The effect of the amount of resin used on the uranium recovery and the spectra quality has been investigated using 200 mL aliquots of a groundwater sample. In addition, the method has been successfully applied to detect depleted uranium (DU) contamination in wastewater samples obtained from a local wastewater treatment plant. The radiometric analysis has indicated DU contamination, which was restricted to certain wastewater storage reservoirs and hence was only a localized environmental problem.