Distribution of uranium isotopes in groundwater of the UAE: environmental radioactivity assessment

Ling Xiong; Dalal Alshamsi; Peng Yi; Xiaolin Hou; Ahmed Murad; Saber Hussein; Ala Aldahan; Mohamed M. Mohamed

doi:10.1007/s10967-020-07216-3

Distribution of uranium isotopes in groundwater of the UAE: environmental radioactivity assessment

Ling Xiong
, Dalal Alshamsi
, Peng Yi
, Xiaolin Hou
, Ahmed Murad
, Saber Hussein
, Ala Aldahan
, Mohamed M. Mohamed

United Arab Emirates University

Hohai University
Lanzhou University
Technical University of Denmark
United Arab Emirates University

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Abstract

Occurrence of uranium isotopes in groundwater provides a tracer technology for quality, sources, and recharge conditions. Groundwater samples collected from different aquifer types (sand dune, Quaternary clastics, ophiolite, carbonates and sabkha) in the UAE were analyzed for ²³⁸U and ²³⁵U. In addition to uranium isotopes, monitoring indicators also cover groundwater pH, temperature and TDS. The concentration of uranium isotopes (²³⁸U + ²³⁵U) range from 4 to 69,745 ng/L. The distribution of the isotopes in the groundwater of the UAE can be linked to aquifer lithological variability, distance from recharge front and seawater intrusion. In general, about 3% of the groundwater analyzed have uranium concentration above the WHO permissible limit for drinking water.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-66
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	325
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07216-3
State	Published - 1 Jul 2020

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Groundwater
UAE
Uranium isotope

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