URANIUM AND 210PO RADIONUCLIDES IN DRINKING WATER IN SOUTHERN BULGARIA AND EXPECTED RADIATION DOSES.

The activity concentrations of the naturally occurring radionuclides 238U, 234U and 210Po have been determined for the first time in drinking water from certain sources in Southern Bulgaria using nuclear and radiochemical methods. The results obtained for the water samples vary in the intervals 0.6-678 mBq l-1 for 238U, 1.