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KMID : 0893320020170040273
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Journal of Environmental Toxicology
2002 Volume.17 No. 4 p.273 ~ p.284
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International Trends in Risk Management of Groundwater Radionuclides
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Shin Dong-Chun
Kim Ye-Shin
Moon Ji-Young
Park Hoa-Sung
Kim Jun-Yong
Park Sun-Ku
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Abstract
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At present, the health risks associated with the natural radionuclides of ground water have become a concern as potential social problems. However, there are no regulatory actions or control strategies for such risks. Therefore, we have investigated and discussed the risks and associated management strategies for radionuclides in other countries. US EPA has proposed MCL (300 pCi/L) and AMCL (4,000 pCi/L) for radon, and 30 ppb for uranium, 15 pCi/L for gross-alpha and 5 pCi/L for radium as final MCLs. Also, Canada, WHO and European countries have their inherent management levels. Finally, we suggested several criteria for setting guidelines in our countries including exposure related criteria such as geological distribution, occurrence, exposure probability distribution, exposure population and multimedia exposure assessment, acceptable risk, and cost -benefit analysis. The national-scale exposure and risk assessment, and economic analysis should be conducted for producing and aggregating the representative information on these criteria.
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KEYWORD
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Radon, Uranium, Ground water, Regulatory limit, Risk
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