title: The radiological impact of phosphogypsum stockpile in Wiślinka (northern Poland) on the Martwa Wisła river water.
abstract: The aim of this work was to determine the concentrations of uranium (234U,235U,238U), polonium (210Po) and lead (210Pb) radioisotopes in water samples and to explore the impact of the phosphogypsum stack on the Martwa Wisła waters. The238U,210Po and210Pb concentrations in analyzed water samples reached maximum values of 11.7 ± 0.3, 2.0 ± 0.1 and 3.2 ± 0.1 mBq L-1and activity ratios were maximally 1.18 ± 0.01 for234U/238U, 0.041 ± 0.018 for235U/238U and 0.69 ± 0.10 for210Po/210Pb. The obtained results suggest that this impact is rather insignificant and does not affect significantly the Martwa Wisła river.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Radiochemistry, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Radiochemistry, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boryło
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Radiochemistry, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skwarzec
keywords: Phosphogypsum; Polonium; Radiolead; River water; Uranium