Uranium in water of the Mulde River

verfasst von

Stefan Bister, Florian Koenn, Maruta Bunka, Jonny Birkhan, Torben Lüllau, Beate Riebe, Rolf Michel

Abstract

The Mulde River is a left side tributary of the Elbe River and mainly situated in Saxony. The river system consists of the Freiberger Mulde River and the Zwickauer Mulde River, which merge to form the Vereinigte Mulde River. The Zwickauer Mulde River drains the former uranium mining and milling areas in Saxony. This research project was established to quantify the long-term effect of the former uranium mining and milling activities by investigating the content of uranium of the water of the Mulde River. The activity concentration of uranium in samples from the Zwickauer Mulde River is still high compared with the natural background. The values measured in the water of the Vereinigte Mulde River are also elevated, but to a lesser extent due to the dilution effect caused by the merging with the uncontaminated Freiberger Mulde River. Furthermore, the level of contamination of the river water decreased by at least a factor of three as compared to the early 1990s.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Radioökologie und Strahlenschutz

Externe Organisation(en)

Fachhochschule Aachen

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Band

286

Seiten

367-372

Anzahl der Seiten

6

ISSN

0236-5731

Publikationsdatum

11.2010

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Analytische Chemie, Kernenergie und Kernkraftwerkstechnik, Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Bildgebung, Umweltverschmutzung, Spektroskopie, Öffentliche Gesundheit, Umwelt- und Arbeitsmedizin, Gesundheit, Toxikologie und Mutagenese

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0767-2 (Zugang: Geschlossen)