title: Radioactivity of drinking-water in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in China based on a large-scale monitoring study.
abstract: The public concern for radioactivity of drinking-water has been increasing in recent years after the rapid development of nuclear power plants, and especially after the Fukushima nuclear accident. In this study, the radioactivity of water samples collected in the vicinity of nuclear facilities from seven provinces in China was measured and an average annual equivalent effective dose derived from drinking-water ingestion was calculated. The results showed that, in winter and spring, the activities of gross α and β ranged from 0.009 Bq/L to 0.200 Bq/L and from 0.067 Bq/L to 0.320 Bq/L, respectively. While, in summer and autumn, the activities of gross a and β varied from 0.002 Bq/L to 0.175 Bq/L and from 0.060 Bq/L to 0.334 Bq/L. Our results indicated that the gross a and β activities in these measured water samples were below the WHO recommended values (0.5 Bq/L for gross α and 1.0 Bq/L for gross β) and the annual equivalent effective dose derived from drinking-water ingestion was at a safe level.
authors: China CDC Key Laboratory of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Emergency, National Institute for Radiological Protection, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100088, China. jiyanqin@nirp.cn.
authors: Xiao-Xiang
authors: XX
authors: Miao
authors: Yan-Qin
authors: YQ
authors: Ji
authors: Xian-Zhang
authors: XZ
authors: Shao
authors: Huan
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Quan-Fu
authors: QF
authors: Sun
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Su
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D001417:Background Radiation; D001610:Beta Particles; D002681:China; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011851:Radioactivity; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive