A critical review of uranium contamination in groundwater: treatment and sludge disposal

TP Gandhi, PV Sampath, SM Maliyekkal - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

Distribution of natural uranium in surface and groundwater resources: a review

A Waseem, H Ullah, MK Rauf… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Keeping in view the toxicity of uranium and to reduce exposure to uranium and avoid high
doses, it is essential to examine on routine bases the concentration of natural radionuclide …

Large-scale uranium contamination of groundwater resources in India

RM Coyte, RC Jain, SK Srivastava… - … & Technology Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Groundwater overexploitation has caused massive groundwater depletion and raised
concerns for water and food security in India. Groundwater in India also suffers from multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Uranium and other heavy toxic elements distribution in the drinking water samples of SW-Punjab, India

BS Bajwa, S Kumar, S Singh, SK Sahoo… - Journal of Radiation …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present investigations, Laser Fluorimetry technique has been used for the
microanalysis of uranium content in drinking water samples collected from different sources …

Groundwater quality in the alluvial aquifer system of northwest India: new evidence of the extent of anthropogenic and geogenic contamination

DJ Lapworth, G Krishan, AM MacDonald… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Groundwater depletion has been widely studied in northwest India, but water quality
concerns are still poorly constrained. In this study, we explore the hydrochemistry of the top …

Isotopes (δ18O, δD and 3H) variations in groundwater with emphasis on salinization in the state of Punjab, India

G Krishan, B Kumar, N Sudarsan, MS Rao… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The state of Punjab has a dominant agrarian economy and is considered India's bread
basket. However, it is now under the problem of falling agro-economy primarily because of …

Source apportionment, chemometric pattern recognition and health risk assessment of groundwater from southwestern Punjab, India

R Kumar, S Mittal, PK Sahoo, SK Sahoo - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2021 - Springer
The groundwater quality of southwestern Punjab, India, is a serious cause of concern due to
the presence of chemical contaminants in it. However, limited studies of groundwater quality …

Occurrence, behavior and distribution of high levels of uranium in shallow groundwater at Datong basin, northern China

Y Wu, Y Wang, X Xie - Science of the Total Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Geochemical investigations of uranium (U) occurrence in the environments were conducted
at Datong basin of northern China. The results suggest that U contents were generally< 1 …

Rationally designed core-shell and yolk-shell magnetic titanate nanosheets for efficient U (VI) adsorption performance

L Yin, S Song, X Wang, F Niu, R Ma, S Yu, T Wen… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The hierarchical core-shell and yolk-shell magnetic titanate nanosheets (Fe 3 O 4@ TNS)
were successfully synthesized by employing magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) as interior core …

Radiological and chemical risk assessment due to high uranium contents observed in the ground waters of Mansa District (Malwa region) of Punjab state, India: an …

N Sharma, J Singh - Exposure and Health, 2016 - Springer
High uranium concentration is observed in the underground water samples collected from
Mansa district (Malwa region) of Punjab State, India. The uranium content in the …