Natural radionuclides in soil profiles and sediment cores from Jundiaí reservoir, state of Sao Paulo.

Pedro do Nascimento Gonçalves; Sandra Regina Damatto; Lucio Leonardo; Joseilton Marques Souza

doi:10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.1453

Authors

Pedro do Nascimento Gonçalves Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares
Sandra Regina Damatto Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares
Lucio Leonardo Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares and Centro Universitário São Camilo
Joseilton Marques Souza Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.1453

Keywords:

Natural radionuclides, Jundiaí reservoir, gamma spectrometry.

Abstract

The activity concentration of natural radionuclides in soils and sediments is dependent on many factors, such as the rock parental material, pedogenic and weathering processes, physical and chemical properties of the environment, anthropogenic sources, among other aspects. There are few studies about the levels of natural radionuclides in reservoirs in both, international and national, literature. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the activity concentrations of ²³⁸U and ²³²Th by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and ²²⁶Ra, ²¹⁰Pb, ²²⁸Ra, ²²⁸Th and ⁴⁰K by gamma spectrometry in two soil profiles and three sediment cores collected in the catchment area of Jundiai reservoir, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Principal component analysis was applied to verify the correlation of the activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides with physical and chemical properties of soil and sediment samples. The mean activity concentrations of the radionuclides in the soil profiles 1 and 2 were, respectively: ²³⁸U – 37(1) and 32(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²³²Th – 91(1) and 60(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁶Ra – 66(1) and 51(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²¹⁰Pb – 35(1) and 37(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁸Ra – 34(1) and 27(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁸Th – 78(1) and 58(1) Bq.kg^-1; ⁴⁰K – 96(2) and 171(7) Bq.kg^-1. For the three sediment cores analyzed, the average activities concentrations of the radionuclides were, respectively: ²³⁸U – 64(0.5), 47(0.1) and 44(0.2) Bq.kg^-1; ²³²Th – 122(2), 100(1) and 64(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁶Ra – 74(2), 71(1) and 45(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²¹⁰Pb – 70(3), 56(2) and 55(2) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁸Ra – 53(1), 41(1) and 33(1) Bq.kg^-1; ²²⁸Th – 100(2), 92(1) and 63(2); ⁴⁰K – 316(5), 237(1) and 136(2) Bq.kg^-1.

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