Uranium series nuclides such as
238U,
234U,
226Ra and
222Rn, were measured in the groundwaters and surface waters around the Tono uranium mine and their geochemical behaviors and hydrogeochemical implications were investigated.
238U contents in the groundwaters were low because the groundwater was reducing and its pH was high.
226Ra contents were higher than the equilibrium amounts of
238U, which suggests that radium is easy to move than uranium.
222Rn was abundant in the groundwaters from several hundreds times to several ten thousands times than its precursor
226Ra, which inferred that much amount of radon was supplied by the rocks and ore body through micro paths.
234U/
238U activity ratios of some groundwaters were high (about 6). It may be because the water is reducing and uranium is leached from the clay minerals that adsorb uranium relatively weakly. The waters from the Sublevel gallery of the Tono mine were low in radon content and
222Rn/
226Ra activity ratios, which suggests that the water originated not in the deep groundwater, but in the shallow groundwater.
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