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Table 99-8.  Activity Concentration of Selected Radionuclides Measured by Gamma Spectroscopy
in Lake Carlsbad Surface Water Samples Collected during 1998


See CEMRC 1999 Report "Radiological and non-radiological constituents in surface water and sediments
at selected reservoirs"
for descriptions of locations and methods of data collection.
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Collection Date and Sampling Depth

 

March 19, 1998 (0.3 m depth) March 19, 1998 (1.5 m depth)
Nuclide aActivity Concentration
(Bq L-1)
bSD
(Bq L-1)
cMDC
(Bq L-1)
Activity Concentration
(Bq L-1)
SD
(Bq L-1)
MDC
(Bq L-1)
228Ac <MDC

 

1.55E-01 <MDC

 

1.11E-01
7Be <MDC

 

3.40E-01 <MDC

 

3.70E-01
212Bi <MDC

 

2.38E-01 <MDC

 

2.49E-01
213Bi NA NA NA NA NA NA
214Bi <MDC

 

1.01E-01 <MDC

 

1.07E-01
144Ce NA NA NA NA NA NA
249Cf NA NA NA NA NA NA
60Co <MDC

 

2.99E-02 <MDC

 

3.34E-02
134Cs NA NA NA NA NA NA
137Cs <MDC

 

3.02E-02 <MDC

 

3.39E-02
152Eu NA NA NA NA NA NA
154Eu NA NA NA NA NA NA
155Eu NA NA NA NA NA NA
40K <MDC

 

3.89E-01 <MDC

 

4.15E-01
233Pa NA NA NA NA NA NA
234mPa <MDC

 

4.93E+00 <MDC

 

5.32E+00
210Pb <MDC

 

5.45E+00 <MDC

 

7.45E+00
212Pb <MDC

 

7.65E-02 <MDC

 

7.00E-02
214Pb <MDC

 

6.08E-02 <MDC

 

6.63E-02
106Rh NA NA NA NA NA NA
125Sb NA NA NA NA NA NA
234Th <MDC

 

4.76E-01 <MDC

 

5.13E-01
208Tl <MDC

 

4.85E-02 <MDC

 

4.10E-02
235U <MDC

 

2.08E-01 <MDC

 

2.23E-01

 

Collection Date and Sampling Depth

 

August 19, 1998 (0.5 m depth) August 19, 1998 (2.1 m depth)
Nuclide aActivity Concentration
(Bq L-1)
bSD
(Bq L-1)
cMDC
(Bq L-1)
Activity Concentration
(Bq L-1)
SD
(Bq L-1)
MDC
(Bq L-1)
228Ac <MDC

 

1.62E-01 <MDC

 

1.45E-01
7Be <MDC

 

3.71E-01 <MDC

 

3.37E-01
212Bi <MDC

 

5.69E-01 <MDC

 

5.28E-01
213Bi <MDC

 

1.29E-01 <MDC

 

1.17E-01
214Bi <MDC

 

1.21E-01 <MDC

 

1.15E-01
144Ce <MDC

 

2.58E-01 <MDC

 

2.32E-01
249Cf <MDC

 

5.17E-02 <MDC

 

4.69E-02
60Co <MDC

 

4.57E-02 <MDC

 

3.99E-02
134Cs <MDC

 

3.83E-02 <MDC

 

3.47E-02
137Cs <MDC

 

4.43E-02 <MDC

 

4.04E-02
152Eu <MDC

 

1.40E-01 <MDC

 

1.27E-01
154Eu <MDC

 

1.27E-01 <MDC

 

1.17E-01
155Eu <MDC

 

1.61E-01 <MDC

 

1.44E-01
40K <MDC

 

7.10E-01 <MDC

 

6.76E-01
233Pa <MDC

 

8.42E-02 <MDC

 

7.64E-02
234mPa <MDC

 

4.98E+00 <MDC

 

4.65E+00
210Pb <MDC

 

9.37E+00 <MDC

 

6.61E+00
212Pb <MDC

 

9.83E-02 <MDC

 

8.87E-02
214Pb <MDC

 

8.25E-02 <MDC

 

7.49E-02
106Rh <MDC

 

3.89E-01 <MDC

 

3.67E-01
125Sb <MDC

 

1.14E-01 <MDC

 

1.07E-01
234Th <MDC

 

7.09E-01 <MDC

 

6.27E-01
208Tl <MDC

 

5.71E-02 <MDC

 

5.31E-02
235U <MDC

 

1.60E-01 <MDC

 

1.45E-01
aActivity concentrations of all radionuclides were measured using gamma spectroscopy
bSD=count standard deviation
cMDC = minimum detectable concentration
dNA = sample was not analyzed for target analyte