Natural and depleted uranium in the topsoil of Qatar: Is it something to worry about?

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-211

  Shomar, Basem ^a   Amr, Mohamed ^b   Al Saad, Khalid ^b   Mohieldeen, Yasir ^a  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ESTATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ALKALINITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; MAPS; SOILS;

URANIUM;

AIRPORT; ALKALINITY; GIS; HARBOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE; TOPSOIL; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

QATAR;

EID: 84883155856     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Abu Sukar, H., Almeeri, F., Almurekki, A., 2007. Agro-hydro-Meteorological Data Book for the State of Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
2. Al-Saad K., Amr M., Ismail A., Helal A. Determination of depleted uranium in the presence of natural uranium in environmental soil samples by ICPMS after sequential extraction. J. Environ. Chem. Ecotoxicol. 2010, 2:60-66.
3. Anagnostakis M., Hinis E., Karangelos D., Petropoulos N., Rouni P., Simopoulos S., Zunic Z. Determination of depleted uranium in environmental samples by gammaspectroscopic techniques. Arch. Oncol. 2001, 9:231-236.
4. Awiplan Qatar, Jena-Geos, 2005. Soil Classification and Land Use Specifications for the State of Qatar. Department of Agriculture and Water Research (DAWR), Doha, Qatar.
5. Bednar A., Medina V., Ulmer-Scholle D., Frey B., Johnson B., Brostoff W., Larson S. Effects of organic matter on the distribution of uranium in soil and plant matrices. Chemosphere 2007, 70:237-247.
6. Bleise A., Danesi P.R., Burkart W. Properties, use and health effects of depleted uranium (DU): a general overview. J. Environ. Radioact. 2003, 64:93-112.
7. Buck B., Brock A., Johnson W., Ulery A. Corrosion of depleted uranium in an arid environment: soil-geomorphology, SEM/EDS, XRD, and electron microprobe analyses. Soil Sed. Contam.: Int. J. 2004, 13:545-561.
8. Choy C., Korfiatis G., Meng X. Removal of depleted uranium from contaminated soils. J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, 136:53-60.
9. Darwish M., Mohtar R. Qatar water challenges. Desalin. Water Treat. 2012, 10.1080/19443994.2012.693582.
10. Dong W., Xie G., Miller T., Franklin M., Oxenberg T., Bouwer E., Ball W., Halden R. Sorption and bioreduction of hexavalent uranium at a military facility by the Chesapeake Bay. Environ. Pollut. 2006, 142:132-142.
11. Dutch Peace Group, 2013. In a State of Uncertainty. Impact and Implications of the Use of Depleted Uranium in Iraq. Utrecht, the Netherlands. http://www.ikvpaxchristi.nl/media/files/in-a-state-of-uncertainty.pdf.
12. Echevarria G., Sheppard M., Morel J. Effect of pH on the sorption of uranium in soils. J. Environ. Radioact. 2001, 53:257-264.
13. ESRI, 2012. Environmental Systems Research Institute, USA.
14. Gueniot B., Munierlamy C., Berthelin J. Geochemical behavior of uranium in soils, Part 1. Influence of pedogenetic processes on the distribution of uranium in aerated soils. J. Geochem. Explor. 1988, 31:21-37.
15. Handley-Sidhu S., Bryan N., Worsfold P., Vaughan D., Livens F., Keith-Roach M. Corrosion and transport of depleted uranium in sand-rich environments. Chemosphere 2009, 77:1434-1439.
16. Handley-Sidhu S., Keith-Roach M., Lloyd J., Vaughan D. A review of the environmental corrosion, fate and bioavailability of munitions grade depleted uranium. Sci. Total Environ. 2010, 408:5690-5700.
17. Health and Safety Executive, 1995. Approved List. Information Approved for the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply, second ed. HSE Booklet L61.
18. Ilani S., Strull A. Uranium mineralization in the Judean Desert and in the Northern Negev. Ore Geol. Rev. 1989, 4:305-314.
19. Johnson W., Buck B., Brogonia H., Brock A. Variations in depleted uranium sorption and solubility with depth in arid soils. Soil Sed. Contam.: Int. J. 2004, 13:533-544.
20. Jones K., Lepp N., Obard J. Other metals and metalloids. Heavy Metals in Soils 1990, 309-315. Blackie, London. B.J. Alloway (Ed.).
21. Jurgens B.C., Fram M.S., Belitz K., Burow K.R., Landon M.K. Effects of groundwater development on uranium: Central Valley, California, USA. Ground Water 2009, 48:913-928.
22. Kabata-Pendias A., Pendias H. Trace Elements in Soils and Plants 2000, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
23. Kumar A., Rout S., Narayanan U., Mishra M.K., Tripathi R.M., Singh J., Kumar S., Kushwaha H.S. Geochemical modelling of uranium speciation in the subsurface aquatic environment of Punjab State in India. J. Geol. Mining Res. 2011, 3:137-146.
24. Laubenstein M., Magaldi D. Natural radioactivity of some red Mediterranean soils. Catena 2008, 76:22-26.
25. Linhoff B.S., Bennett P.C., Puntsag T., Gerel O. Geochemical evolution of uraniferous soda lakes in Eastern Mongolia. Environ. Earth Sci. 2011, 62:171-183.
26. Lloyd N., Chenery S., Parrish R. The distribution of depleted uranium contamination in Colonie, NY, USA. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 408:397-407.
27. Menzel R. Uranium, radium and thorium content in phosphate rocks and their possible radiation hazard. J. Agric. Food Chem. 1968, 16:231-234.
28. Moncur M.C., Paktunc D., Thibault Y., Birks S.J., Wieser M. Uranium and Arsenic Sources in Shallow Groundwater Near Bonnyville, Alberta: A Mineralogy Study 2011, Alberta Environment and Water Communications, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
29. Murphy W., Shock E. Environmental aqueous geochemistry of actinides. In uranium: mineralogy, geochemistry and the environment. Rev. Mineral. 1999, 38:221-251.
30. Nriagu J.O., Nam D.H., Ayanwola T.A., Dinh H., Erdenechimeg E., Ochir C., Bolormaa T.A. High levels of uranium in groundwater of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 414:722-726.
31. Oliver I., Graham M., MacKenzie A., Ellam R., Farmer J. Distribution and partitioning of depleted uranium (DU) in soils at weapons test ranges - investigations combining the BCR extraction scheme and isotopic analysis. Chemosphere 2008, 72:932-939.
32. Pawlak Z., Rabiega G. Comparison of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and radiochemical techniques for total uranium in environmental water samples. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36:5395.
33. Pett-Ridge J., Monastra V., Derry L., Chadwick O. Importance of atmospheric inputs and Fe-oxides in controlling soil uranium budgets and behavior along a Hawaiian chronosequence. Chem. Geol. 2007, 244:691-707.
34. Qatar National Atlas, 2006. Planning Council, Doha, Qatar.
35. Renshaw J., Butchins L., Livens F., May I., Charnock J., Lloyd J. Bioreduction of uranium: environmental implications of a pentavalent intermediate. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:5657-5660.
36. Schipper L., Sparling G., Fisk L., Dodd M., Power I., Littler R. Rates of accumulation of cadmium and uranium in a New Zealand hill farm soil as a result of long-term use of phosphate fertilizer. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2011, 144:95-101.
37. Taylor, M., 1997. The Fate of Uranium Contaminants of Phosphate Fertilizers in New Zealand soils. Unpublished MSc Thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, p. 52.
38. Theocharopoulos S., Wagner G., Sprengart J., Mohr M., Desaules A., Muntau H., Christou M., Quevauviller P. European soil sampling guidelines for soil pollution studies. Sci. Total Environ. 2001, 264:51-62.
39. The Planning Council, 2012. Sustainable Development in the State of Qatar. Doha, Qatar.
40. Toque, C., Baker, A., 2006. MOD DU Program - the Corrosion of Depleted Uranium in the Kirkcudbright and Eskmeals Terrestrial Environments. Dstl Report No. dstl/CR10978 V2.0, Alverstoke.
41. UNSCEAR, 1993. Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (1993). United Nations. ISBN 92-1-142200-0.http://www.unscear.org/unscear/en/publications/1993.html.
42. Wikipedia, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_uranium.
43. Zhang C., Luo L., Xu W., Ledwith V. Use of local Moran's I and GIS to identify pollution hot-spots of Pb in urban soils of Galway, Ireland. Sci. Total Environ. 2008, 398:212-221.