Evaluation of gross alpha and uranium measurements for MCL compliance
By: prepared by Michael F. Arndt ; jointly sponsored by Water Research Foundation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Contributors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency; Water Research Foundation
Publisher: Water Research Foundation
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781605730967
Subjects: Health aspects; Radioactive pollution of water; Radioisotopes; Groundwater; Pollution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170).
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: 1. Introductory concepts; title: 2. Various factors that affect the GAA; title: 3. Methods; title: 4. Gross alpha-particle activity of the decay chains; title: 5. Calculation of the GAA for a hypothetical example; title: 6. Effect of other errors on the GAA and the uranium concentration; title: 7. Radiochemical composition of the groundwater samples; title: 8. Gross alpha-particle activity of the groundwater samples; title: 9. The gross radium activity of the groundwater samples; title: 10. Methodology issues and recommendations; title: References; title: Abbreviations; title: Appendices.