title: Determination of 210Pb, 210Po, 226Ra, 228Ra and uranium isotopes in drinking water in order to comply with the requirements of the EU ‘Drinking Water Directive.
abstract: The European Union published in 2013 a new Drinking Water Directive with stricter requirements for measuring natural radioactivity. In order to adhere to this, a method for sequential separation of 210Pb, 210Po, 238U and 234U in drinking water was applied using UTEVA® and Sr resins. Polonium-210, 238U and 234U were quantified using alpha-particle spectrometry and 210Pb using liquid scintillation counting. Radium-226 and 228Ra were determined using 3M Empore Radium RAD Disks, and their quantification was done using a Quantulus™ 1220 liquid scintillation counter.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vasile
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Loots
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verheyen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sneyers
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verrezen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruggeman
mesh_terms: D060766:Drinking Water / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D011868:Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive